“Apple [is] apparently set to open at least five new stores this Saturday,” Eric Slivka reports for MacRumors. “The total includes two U.S. stores and three international locations covering Australia, Canada, and Italy, and represents the largest batch of store openings since Apple opened seven stores on September 25th of last year.”
• Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall: (Anchorage, Alaska): The new store will be Apple’s first location in Alaska.
• Fashion Place: (Murray, Utah): Apple’s second store in Utah, the new store covers the southern suburban stretch of Salt Lake City suburbs to complement the company’s existing store at The Gateway in downtown Salt Lake City.
• Southland: (Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia): The new store is Apple’s third location in the Melbourne area and its twelfth overall for Australia.
• Conestoga: (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada): Apple’s 20th retail store in Canada, the new location is also notable for its placement in the hometown of smartphone competitor Research in Motion.
• I Gigli: (Florence, Italy): The new store is Apple’s sixth location in Italy and first in the Florence area, filling a gap between the company’s store in Rome and a series of stores in northern Italy across the Turin, Milan, and Bergamo.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]