Apple held its fiscal Q3 2025 earnings call on Thursday, and on the call, Apple CEO Tim Cook mentioned the company will be opening new retail locations India and the United Arab Emirates later this year.
“We recently launched the Apple Store online in Saudi Arabia, and we couldn’t be more excited to open new stores in the UAE and India later this year,” said Cook.
Cook did not provide any specific opening dates for the new stores, nor did he supply any other details.
Apple is also planning to open a new store in the Emirati city of Al Ain at some point this year. The company already has four other stores in the country — two in Dubai and two in Abu Dhabi.
As for India, Apple told TechCrunch that it planned to open four new stores in Bengaluru, Delhi (National Capital Region), Mumbai, and Pune.
Apple opened its first two stores in India during 2023, in Mumbai and New Delhi.
(Image: Saket, India retail store)