Apple opens 50th retail store; announces stores closed Thanksgiving Day

Apple opened its 49th and 50th retail stores in the U.S. this weekend, with new store locations in Denver, Colorado and Emeryville, California. The Company now has stores in 24 states in the U.S., with a retail location within 15 miles of 85 million people, about one third of the U.S. population. “We’re thrilled to have reached our 2002 goal of 50 retail stores in the U.S. in time for the holiday shopping season,” said Ron Johnson, Apple’s senior vice president of Retail. Apple’s retail store locations and info here. Also a note on Apple’s retail store page says, “Happy Thanksgiving. The Apple stores will be closed for Thanksgiving Thursday, Nov 28.”