A large crowd showed up Saturday morning to celebrate the grand opening of the Buchanan Street (Glasgow, Scotland) retail store, offering plenty of excitement for the city’s shopping district and those who had waited up to 26 hours in line. Mike was first through the huge front doors of the store, followed by a queue of about 300 persons, to examine the interior of the two-level store whose exterior they’d been staring at for hours. The spiral glass staircase and tall, rough-hewn interior stone front wall were the most spectacular parts of the store, all best seen from the second level railing. Visitors seemed awed by the store and its assortment of products. The accessory and software sections were particularly packed and seemed to be generating the most sales. Read my full report for details on the overnight camp-out and the store itself. Watch my video of the grand opening.
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Wonderful atmosphere. I arrived around 10:30, and there was still around a 5-10 minute wait to get in. However, I got my t-shirt :-), and they took away the barriers around 11:00 (which was also around the time the t-shirts ran out)
The “Evening Times” (local newspaper), had set up up a news-stand outside the entrance, which promised a “Free Apple with today’s Evening Times”, although the free ones came from New Zealand, rather than Cupertino ;-)
AKH
Hey!
That was a great day with lots of excitement as the store opened! and it was really nice to get to meet you guys!
take care!
david – the young guy with the “im a mac” t-shirt.. who came with his dad and sister :D