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"Shenzhen made a name for itself as the city that manufactures the world's electronics, including many of Apple's devices, but residents will now have a chance to buy Apple's goods directly from the source when the company opens its first retail store there on Saturday.\r\n\r\nChinese media noticed on Monday that Apple will open the doors of its Holiday Plaza store on November 3 at 9am local time.\u00A0Photos of workmen\u00A0installing the tables and lights\u00A0for the Holiday Plaza store leaked out last month.\u00A0Apple SVP of Retail John Browett subsequently\u00A0confirmed the upcoming store, which will be the seventh in mainland China, earlier this month during a tour of the new Wangfujing location in Beijing.\r\n\r\nThe Wangfujing store took the title of the largest Apple Store in Asia when it opened to a massive crowd on October 20.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGreater China has become a bright spot for Apple, rising to contribute 15 percent of the company's revenue during the just-finished fiscal year. The region accounted for $5.7 billion in revenue during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 and $23.8 billion for the entire year.\r\n\r\nIn addition to its stores on the mainland, Apple also operates two outlets in Hong Kong, at the IFC and Festival Walk malls.\r\n\r\nImages via Flickr / dcmaster,\u00A0Shenzhen Party"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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