Apple’s new Covent Garden store still attracting queues

You probably saw the news that Apple has opened its 28th UK store, in Covent Garden, at the weekend.

The Piazza, Covent Garden, was packed out with iPhone and iPad fans on Saturday morning, some of whom had queued overnight to ensure they were one of the first to enter the shop (and receive a free T-shirt).

However, it seems that the new London store wasn’t just packed on launch day. Electricpig.co.uk reports that people were still queuing up yesterday to get inside when the doors opened.

The site describes the store as “full to capacity with Mac-hungry shoppers”, which somehow sounds more like a well known burger chain. At any rate, it seems it has definitely been a hit with London based consumers – recession, what recession?

The Apple store in Covent Garden has 300 staff, and certainly looks the business, with a glass roof, two imposing glass staircases, and huge York stone arches. And of course loads of demo Macs, iPhones, iPads and iPods to play with, along with dedicated rooms where training and workshops on Apple products take place.