Indian Apple fans lining up to enter the iPhone manufacturer’s first Mumbai store on Tuesday got to see a special guest: Apple CEO Tim Cook, who flew to Mumbai to inaugurate the company’s first Indian retail outlet.
The store in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex is the culmination of a years-long campaign by Apple and Cook to open a store in the South Asian country. Cook first announced plans for an Indian retail outlet in 2020, with a targeted opening date of 2021. Yet the COVID pandemic forced Apple to delay its plans.
