Tim Cook relishes vada pav with ‘Dhak Dhak’ sensation Madhuri

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Monday relished his first ‘vada pav’ right here, with none aside from Bollywood famous person Madhuri Dixit Nene.

Sharing an image of him having fun with the native delicacy at a metropolis restaurant, Cook thanked Madhuri for introducing him to Vada Pav.

“Thanks @madhuridixit for introducing me to my very first Vada Pav – it was scrumptious!” Cook posted.

Dixit had earlier shared an image with Cook with the caption: “Can’t consider a greater welcome to Mumbai than Vada Pav!”

Cook is in India to launch the corporate’s first retail shops in Mumbai and Delhi, as Apple doubles down on its India plans.

Apple Store Opening in India

As it completes 25 years in India, Apple on Monday previewed its first own-branded retail retailer in Mumbai that may function a dynamic house for patrons.

Located at Mumbai’s bustling Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) monetary, arts, and leisure district, Apple BKC — to be thrown open for public on Tuesday — will assist prospects discover firm services and products, get pleasure from distinctive service, and discover ways to get extra out of their units by means of free Today at Apple classes.

“Apple BKC is a mirrored image of Mumbai’s vibrant tradition and brings collectively the very best of Apple in a fantastic, welcoming house for connection and neighborhood,” stated Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s senior vice chairman of Retail.

• Apple BKC will provide a particular Today at Apple collection, “Mumbai Rising,” operating from Tuesday (April 18) by means of the summer season.
• Bringing guests, native artists, and creatives collectively, these free classes that includes Apple services and products will provide hands-on actions that commemorate the local people and tradition.
• Apple BKC is designed to be one of the vital energy-efficient Apple Store areas on the planet, with a devoted photo voltaic array and nil reliance on fossil fuels for retailer operations.
• The retailer is operationally carbon impartial, operating on one hundred pc renewable power.
• Each tile is created from 408 items of timber, forming 31 modules per tile with a complete of 1,000 tiles that make up the ceiling.
• There are over 450,000 particular person timber components, all of which have been assembled in Delhi.
• Upon coming into the shop, prospects are greeted by two stone partitions sourced from Rajasthan and a 14-meter-long stainless-steel staircase connecting the bottom stage and the cantilevered mezzanine.
• Apple BKC options greater than 100 group members who collectively converse over 20 languages.
• Apple’s first two retail shops in India will welcome prospects from everywhere in the nation and around the globe.
• The new Apple flagship retail shops in Mumbai and Delhi, backed by aggressive gross sales initiatives, will gas Apple’s progress within the yr forward, in keeping with business specialists.
• Apple started manufacturing iPhone in India in 2017, and since then, the corporate has labored with suppliers to assemble new iPhone fashions and produce a rising variety of parts.
• Amid the native manufacturing push and an upcoming widespread retail retailer technique, Apple shipped $7.5 billion value iPhones and iPads in India in FY22-23, in keeping with CMR knowledge accessed by IANS.
• In FY23, Apple shipped greater than 7 million iPhones and half one million iPads within the nation, registering a 28 per cent progress for iPhone shipments, in keeping with preliminary estimates offered by market intelligence agency CMR.
• As Apple doubles down on home manufacturing in India, the tech large is prone to garner 6 per cent market share in FY23-34, with promoting greater than 8 million iPhones within the nation within the interval.

Next on the anvil is the second Appleretail retailer opening in New Delhi this week.

(With inputs from IANS)