In December 2024, Apple said it would begin opening flagship stores in Saudi Arabia starting in 2026, with an early plan built around an “iconic” location in Diriyah, a UNESCO World Heritage site outside Riyadh. With 2026 now more than two-thirds finished, Apple’s own store-news page has confirmed no physical store as open in the…
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India Got Two New Apple Stores in 2025. Apple Has Announced None for 2026.
Apple opened two new stores in India within two days of each other in September 2025: Apple Hebbal in Bengaluru on September 2, and Apple Koregaon Park in Pune on September 4. A year later, Apple’s own store-news page lists no India opening for 2026 at all. Whatever comes next for Apple’s retail presence in…
Apple's Most Recent Store Opening Was Montreal, and Apple Has Named No Next One
The most recent Apple Store to open anywhere is Apple Sainte-Catherine in Montreal, which Apple’s own newsroom announced on January 16, 2026. Apple’s store-news page has listed no store opening since. That page is the only record Apple publishes of where and when a physical Apple Store has opened, and right now it names nothing…
Apple Store App: The Four Features Apple Actually Publishes
Apple’s own listing for the Apple Store app names exactly four things it does: give personalized recommendations, let a shopper compare models, save configurations in a feature called “Your Saves,” and track orders after checkout. Apple sums up the whole app with one line: “Shopping designed around you.” That listing, on Apple’s own App Store…