First Stores opened In Arab World by Apple

According to  a report on Huffpost Tech- Apple opened its firts retail stores in the Arab world on Thursday in the luxury mall of the UAE, hoping to sell wealthy consumers on their new high-end smartwatches. These new stores, at Dubai's Mall of Emirates and Abu Dhabi's Yas Mall, find themselves alongside other global luxury brands like Emporio Armani, Fendi and Burberry.
Daniel Gleeson, a senior analyst at IHS said "Apple is trying to position itself, with the watch in particular, as a fashion brand- and a premium fashion brand" He further said its looking to be part of that company alongside Burberry and Armani...So moving into that retail slot very close to them is not surprising. More Photo:

Eventually this will lead to healthy rivalry and all sorts......cool for consumers