--- description: “We want more people to see and touch our products.” title: World's Largest Drone Maker Is Opening a Flagship Store image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8e81f987beed459/6988716b5f570f5bd7b1e5e0/dji-drone.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Technology](/tag/technology/) ## Technology Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # World's Largest Drone Maker Is Opening a Flagship Store by [Benjamin Snyder / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 16, 2015 10:51 PM CUT  DJI's Inspire drone at the 35th GITEX Technology Week in Dubai on Oct. 18, 2015. DJI's Inspire drone at the 35th GITEX Technology Week in Dubai on Oct. 18, 2015.Jonathan Gibbons—Getty Images for Dubai World Trade Centre by [Benjamin Snyder / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 16, 2015 10:51 PM CUT DJI, the world’s largest commercial drone maker, is opening up a flagship store in Shenzhen, China. [The _Wall Street Journal_ reported](http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/11/16/chinese-drone-maker-dji-to-open-first-flagship-store/ "undefined") that the Chinese drone manufacturer will open the store next month in a shopping center. The store will include floor space with over 8,600 square feet, according to the newspaper. It will be its biggest retail investment as well, although the company wouldn’t say how much they’d be spending. Notably, while the company is based in China, it gets most of its sales overseas, including in the U.S., the newspaper noted. The store will sell a variety of DJI’s products, such as its entry-level drones and more expensive ones. The _Journal_ continued: --- > “” --- “We want more people to see and touch our products,” a DJI spokesman said to the newspaper. The move comes as the drone industry [has expanded in recent years](http://fortune.com/2015/09/20/faa-drone-operators/ "undefined") both for commercial and personal use. _This_ [_article_](http://fortune.com/2015/11/16/commercial-drone-store-dji/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_Fortune.com_](http://fortune.com "undefined") ### Drone Country: See America From Above  House boats appear next to the shoreline of Bidwell Canyon on Lake Oroville in Northern California on November 25, 2014\. Lake Oroville is California's second largest reservoir, and is currently 70% empty as a result of the state's severe drought. Tomas van Houtryve—VII  Campers appear in an RV park in Fernley, Nevada on November 25, 2014\. The nearby Amazon Fulfillment Center recruits people living out of RVs to work on the floor of their warehouse during peak holiday shipping season. Many of the campers are senior citizens whose homes or savings were wiped out by the 2008 economic crisis. Tomas van Houtryve—VII  A parking lot for an Amazon fulfillment center appears in New Jersey on November 11, 2014. Tomas van Houtryve—VII/Pulitzer Center  A residential apartment complex appears in Poughkeepsie, New York on November 9, 2014. Tomas van Houtryve—VII/Pulitzer Center  Vacation homes appear on the New Jersey Shore on November 11, 2014. Tomas van Houtryve—VII/Pulitzer Center  An empty drive-in movie theater appears in Poughkeepsie, New York on November 9, 2014. Tomas van Houtryve—VII/Pulitzer Center  A farm house and field appear outside Trenton, New Jersey on November 11, 2014. Tomas van Houtryve—VII/Pulitzer Center  Cows gather for water and alfalfa distributed by a rancher in a drought-devastated pasture in Merced County, California on November 26, 2014\. As with many areas of the Central Valley of California, these cows would not be able to survive without this kind of supplemental nutrition. Tomas van Houtryve—VII  A run-down neighborhood appears in North Camden, New Jersey on November 23, 2014\. In 2012, the FBI ranked Camden as having the most violent crime per capita of any American city with a population of over 50,000\. The local police installed millions of dollars of surveillance equipment in residential neighborhoods, including cameras and microphones that detect the exact location of gunshots. Tomas van Houtryve—VII  Horse stalls appear near Fernley, Nevada on November 24, 2014. Tomas van Houtryve—VII  A swamp appears near Brookfield, Connecticut on November 8, 2014. Tomas van Houtryve—VII/Pulitzer Center  Beachfront vacation units appear on Cape Cod, Massachusetts on Nov. 7, 2014. Tomas van Houtryve—VII/Pulitzer Center  The USS New Jersey, a decommissioned battleship, appears on the Delaware river off Camden, New Jersey on November 23, 2014. Tomas van Houtryve—VII  A college campus appears in Poughkeepsie, New York on November 9, 2014. Tomas van Houtryve—VII/Pulitzer Center  Lacrosse players warm up before practice in Clark County, Nevada on January 20, 2014\. The nearby Creech Air Force is the main command center for overseas drone strikes. Tomas van Houtryve—VII/Pulitzer Center  Wiggins Park Marina appears in Camden, New Jersey on November 23, 2014. 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