“According to the information from the headquarters of the Jiangsu-based Five Star Appliance, which was acquired by the American electronics giant Best Buy, the company has signed an agreement with Apple to become its first-tier distributor,” ChinaTechNews reports.
“Under this agreement, Apple’s store-in-store will enter 40 quality retail stores of Five Star Appliance in 2009. The first batch of five Apple store-in-store areas will reportedly be opened during the upcoming Labor Day holiday on May 1, 2009, and these stores will be located in Five Star’s Nanjing Xinjiekou store, Wuxi Shenglimen store, Suzhou Shilu store, Hangzhou Wensanlu store, and Changzhou Guanhelu store, respectively. Before the end of September 2009, the 40 Apple stores-in-store will all open for business and some of these stores will introduce Internet access to provide customers with convenient experiences,” ChinaTechNews reports.
“Jing Xing, Five Star’s director for brand and market promotion, said that Best Buy’s international department has signed a worldwide strategic cooperative agreement with Apple… Jing said Apple store-in-store is one of the most important projects for Five Star Appliance in 2009. This project has a significant meaning for improving Five Star Appliance’s image, further attracting young customers, and providing a new business model to the company,” ChinaTechNews reports.
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[Attribution: iPhonAsia. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Mike in Helsinki” for the heads up.]
