Apple’s First Retailer in Canada With Devoted Pickup Station Now Open

Apple has a brand new dwelling at Canada’s second-largest indoor shopping center. Following months of building, the brand new Apple Sq. One retail retailer opened its doorways at the moment in Mississauga, Ontario, simply west of Toronto. The shop is now positioned above the Meals Central meals courtroom on the second ground of the mall, throughout from Sephora.

The brand new Apple Sq. One through Kyle

The shop’s first guests had been greeted with a spherical of applause from Apple’s crew members. MacRumors reader Kyle attended the grand opening and shared images with us, offering a primary have a look at the curved glass facade and expansive inside.

On the constructive aspect, the brand new retailer is far bigger than Apple’s earlier location within the mall, which was usually overcrowded. The unique retailer closed its doorways for good on Thursday night, after practically 15 years of serving prospects. One other plus is that the shop is the primary in Canada to supply a devoted Apple Pickup station the place prospects can conveniently accumulate their on-line orders positioned on Apple.com and within the Apple Retailer app.

Apple Pickup within the new Apple Sq. One through Kyle

On the adverse aspect, the shop lacks a few of Apple’s newest retail design components that had been first launched final 12 months on the relocated Apple Tysons Corner in Virginia and all-new Apple Battersea in London, England, akin to a Genius Bar with different desk and seating heights for improved accessibility, and an Apple Watch Studio for mixing and matching case and band mixtures. Prospects can nonetheless obtain {hardware} assist from a Genius on the retailer, and take part in free artistic classes by way of the Today at Apple program.

The brand new Apple Sq. One is the corporate’s fourth trendy retailer in Canada, alongside Apple Fairview and Apple Eaton Centre in Toronto, and Apple Pacific Centre in Vancouver. All of Apple’s different shops in Canada have a traditional design. A leaked document last year revealed that Apple has thought-about relocating its Sainte-Catherine retailer in Montréal, Québec as early as 2025, however the firm has not publicly confirmed these plans.

“Come say hi there,” says Apple, on the Apple Square One page. “We won’t wait to see you there.”