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Apple to open store in Ramat Aviv Mall, first store in Israel.
Apple to open store in Ramat Aviv Mall, first store in Israel. The first bricks-and-mortar Apple Store is set to open on September 18 at the Ramat Aviv Mall.
Published 9.5.08, 10:25AM
The 300-square-meter space, like its cousins in the U.S. and a smattering of countries worldwide, will give potential buyers a chance to fondle the sleek white objects of desire, ranging from iPods in all their various models and the MacBook Air to the iMac and MacPro, as well as to download music.
Apple importer iDigital acquired the local rights to all things Apple from Yeda some months ago. The new licensee seems to be genuinely interested in putting the brand into Israeli pockets and homes.
It has been distributing Mac products through a number of retail chains and has been offering deals that might even tempt Israelis away from their PCs - or, at least, away from smuggling MacBooks through the green line at customs.