Apple Brazil: South America’s first Official “Apple Shop” opens in Rio de Janeiro

Supervised, planned and staff trained under direct Apple control, the first “Apple Shop” of south america opened last week inside the FNAC electronics department store at Barra Shopping Center in Rio de Janeiro. Offering 80 m2 of shopping area to mac and ipod fans, the shop offers also training, workshops and plenty of hardware to get your hands on all the products.

Planned are eight more Apple Shops until the end of 2008, among them three in Sao Paulo and then following up the second half of the year with Shops in Campinas, Curitiba, Brasilia, and Porto Alegre. The Apple Shop is open monday to saturday from 10 am to 10pm and sundays and holidays from 3 to 9pm.

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