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Apple Moving Forward with New Retail Stores in France and Switzerland (Macrumors)

_ifoAppleStore_ reports on an article from French magazine _Aix en Dialogue_
noting that Apple is preparing to build an interesting new store in Aix-en-
Provence, France. While the store appears to be a relatively small one by
Apple’s standards, the striking design sees the store set back on a plaza and
constructed almost entirely of transparent glass with the exception of the
rear wall hiding the back-of-house operations.

> According to AixEnProvence.fr magazine, the current tired-looking tourism
office on the south side of Place du General de Gaulle will be demolished and
the Apple store will be constructed at the site. A rendering posted by the
magazine shows a one-level structure set back on a broad stone plaza, with a
tan-colored rear wall, and all other encompassing walls made of glass. A
second rendering shows the store is an extension of a design roughly based on
the Upper West Side (NYC) store.

Reports indicate that the new store, which is also depicted with a low-profile
fountain on the plaza, could open by late 2012 or early 2013.

Meanwhile, _Macprime.ch_ reports [Google translation] that it has obtained
access to Apple’s plans for its first retail store in …

Macrumors

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