Apple started hiring for retail stores in India: Reports

As per news report, this year Apple is all set to come up with its own physical stores in India and has started recruiting people for retail stores at "various locations" in the country.

According to a daily, the tech giant is on-boarding technical specialists, business experts, senior managers, store leaders and "genius" for its retail operations in India. In recent years Apple has seen massive growth in the country.

Apple's recent job listings show new openings for 12 retail roles at "various locations" throughout the country, the report mentioned.

Several job descriptions refer directly to flagship retail operations.

"The Apple Store is a retail environment like no other -- uniquely focused on delivering amazing customer experiences," according to one such description.

The report mentions that it is posted on LinkedIn that atleast five employees have been hired in Mumbai and New Delhi for retail store operations.

"Apple's head of recruiting in India, Renu Sevanthi, "celebrated' several of the announcements on the social networking site", said the report that came out late on Sunday.

An Apple Store has at least 100 employees and flagship locations can have up to 1,000 workers.

per reports, early this year Apple is ready to open a 22,000 square foot store in Mumbai.

In January 2021, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the online store has received a tremendous response in the country, and the company was ready to launch retail stores in the country in the future.

"We are also going in there with retail stores in the future and so we look to that to be another great initiative, and we continue to develop the channel as well," Cook had said.

The physical stores will help Apple to provide a controlled experience of its devices and services as it intends and designed them to be in the country.