According to a Bloomberg report, the company has long been planning to set up a physical retail location in India, one of the world’s fastest growing smartphone markets.
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Apple Inc. in india retail store has started recruiting staff for According to a Bloomberg report cited by the Financial Times, the company plans to fill other positions as the tech company prepares to open more stores in the country. The company’s careers page lists several opportunities for employees in India, including business experts, ‘geniuses’, operations experts and technical experts.
The plan to open a retail store in India has been around for a long time
According to Apple’s website, the company is currently showing more than 100 results for job vacancies in India. Some retail job openings were also posted on Saturday in various parts of the country like Mumbai and New Delhi. According to a Bloomberg report, the company has long been planning to set up a physical retail location in India, one of the world’s fastest growing smartphone markets. The company started direct online sales in 2020. Apple did not even provide a statement to the FT.
The iPhone has been in production since September last year
Earlier, Apple Inc announced to start production of new iPhone series 14 in India to diversify its production in India. The move is seen as a milestone for the company. The Foxconn unit in Chennai started assembling the iPhone 14 series of smartphones for the domestic Indian market in September last year. Currently, more than 80 percent of iPhones manufactured in India in partnership with Foxconn meet domestic demand.
Production in China was halted
Meanwhile, production of Apple iPhones was disrupted ahead of the Christmas and January Lunar New Year holidays as thousands of workers were asked to leave Foxconn’s factories in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou to contain Covid-19. Foxconn also announced a bonus to attract new employees and retain remaining employees. However, the company said production at its iPhone plant in China had “basically returned to normal” and December revenue fell 12.3 percent year over year.
