Apple has begun hiring for its first retail retailer in Malaysia, in response to a brand new report from Bloomberg.

Tech big Cupertino not too long ago posted job listings on its web site for jobs in Malaysia. These embody retailer managers, retailer leads, operations specialists, enterprise professionals, technical and specialist specialists, assist workers, inventive and gross sales folks. The data present that the positions are supposed for Apple’s personal retail retailer and never for third-party resellers that exist already in Israel. Apple additionally operates a web-based retailer in Malaysia.

Whereas the job listings don’t point out in any means the place Apple’s first retailer in Malaysia can be, the report means that it might be constructed within the nation’s capital, Kuala Lumpur.

This improvement will strengthen Apple’s presence within the Asian area. Again in November 2015, Apple opened a retail retailer in Singapore, its first within the Southeast Asian area. Three years later, the expertise big Open another store in neighboring Thailand. What’s extra, the corporate too Recently posted job listings for its first location in Indiawhich has been within the works for a number of years.

In accordance with Bloomberg, whereas Apple doesn’t report gross sales in particular person international locations, the corporate raked in additional than $29 billion from its Asia-Pacific section within the final fiscal 12 months.

Apple has not but responded to the report.

supply: Bloomberg