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Apple offers new ways to shop for the all-new iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPad Air
When iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPad Air are available Friday, October 23, customers can shop for all-new products directly from Apple…
Apple Store Online launches in India
Apple today launched the Apple Store online in India, offering Apple’s full range of products and support directly to customers across…
Apple Store Online to launch in India next week
Apple will launch the Apple Store online in India on September 23rd, offering Apple’s full range of products directly to customers…
Singapore’s floating orb Apple retail store opens Thursday
Apple today previewed Apple Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, the first Apple Store to sit directly on the water. Appearing as an orb floating…
Apple Central World opens Friday in Bangkok, Thailand
Apple today previewed Apple Central World, its second and largest retail location in Thailand, situated in the heart of Ratchaprasong, Bangkok …
Apple to give employees paid time off to vote in U.S. election
Apple has informed U.S. employees that they can take as many as four hours off with pay on Election Day in the United States (Tuesday, November 3, 2020)…
New flagship retail store, Apple Sanlitun, opens in Beijing
Apple today will open the entirely new Apple Sanlitun, the next iteration of Apple’s first store in China. Sitting adjacent to the previous location on…
Apple: Full return of employees to U.S. offices won’t occur before year end
Apple says the full return of employees to the company’s U.S. offices won’t occur before year end due to COVID-19. Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s senior vice…
Apple’s head of diversity and inclusion departs
Apple’s head of diversity and inclusion Christie Smith is leaving the company. Apple said the move was planned two months ago, though a person familiar…
Apple institutes COVID-19 prevention measures for employees returning to office
Apple employees heading back to work at the company’s Apple Park headquarters in Silicon Valley will face new realities in the COVID-19 era…
Apple’s Dierdre O’Brien No.5 on Fast Company’s Queer 50 List
Deirdre O’Brien is Apple’s senior vice president of Retail + People, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. O’Brien has been placed at No.5 on Fast Company’s…
Apple to reopen over 100 US retail stores this week
Apple will reopen about 100 more retail stores in the U.S. this week in California, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, and more…
Want to visit an Apple Store? Get ready for long lines, temperature checks, face masks, and more
If you hated going to the Apple Store because of overcrowding, cacophonous noise, and waiting on awful wooden boxes, you’re in luck. Sort of…
Apple reopens 25 more U.S. stores, will soon top 100 worldwide this week
This Sunday, Apple announced they company plans to reopen more than 25 of its U.S. Apple Retail Stores continuing a gradual process that has opened…
Apple Retail Stores to reopen in Germany on May 11th
Apple is expanding on recent moves to reopen retail stores in South Korea, Austria, and Australia. The company will reopen its 15 stores across Germany …
The biggest US mall owner to reopen 49 properties, several with Apple Stores
Simon Property Group plans to reopen 49 of its malls and outlet centers between May 1 and May 4, according to an internal memo…
Apple retail chief expects ‘many more’ stores to reopen in May
In her weekly video update, Apple’s retail chief Deirdre O’Brien told staff that she expects the company to reopen “many more” of its retail stores…
U.S. Apple Retail Stores closed until ‘early May’
Apple will keep all of its retail stores in the United States closed until at least May. The company had announced last month that it would be shutting…
Apple asks retail store workers to take on remote tech support roles
Apple is asking retail store employees to temporarily take on remote technical support roles while stores remain closed. The workers will still be paid…
Apple launches ‘She Creates’ to celebrate International Women’s Day in stores around the world
Apple has announced the launch of ‘She Creates’ in order to to celebrate International Women’s Day in Apple Retail Stores around the world…
How Apple’s push to rule the smartphone industry has made Apple Store employees feel like robots
In recent years, Apple Retail Store employees have started to feel like the culture and spirit of the Apple Store has deviated…
Apple Retail Store revenue grows to 31% of Apple’s income for 2019
An analysis of Apple’s 10-K filing shows that Apple retail Stores are performing better than ever for the company…
Apple Antara opens Friday in Mexico City
Apple Antara opens Friday at 5 p.m. in the heart of Mexico City’s vibrant Polanco district. Opening amidst museums, cultural landmarks and premier shopping…
Apple Fifth Avenue: The glass cube is back
Our customers are at the center of everything we do, and Apple Fifth Avenue is for them, to inspire them, and to provide the very best place to discover our newest products…
Apple’s largest store in Japan opens Saturday in Tokyo
In the heart of the Marunouchi business district, Apple will open its newest and largest store in Japan across from the historic Tokyo Station this Saturday, September 7th…
Apple offers new ‘Today at Apple’ augmented reality art sessions at retail stores around the world
Apple today opened registration for a series of new art-based Today at Apple augmented reality (AR) experiences, called [AR]T, offered at Apple Stores around the world..
Apple’s ex-retail chief Ahrendts brushes off criticism, says ‘I know the facts… Mission accomplished’
Former Apple Inc. retail head Angela Ahrendts defended her revamp of the company’s stores…
Two years in, ‘Today at Apple’ is outgrowing Apple Retail Stores
The program has evolved so much, in fact, that it is beginning to outgrow the stores…
Former Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts appointed to Airbnb Board of Directors
Former Apple retail boss Angela Ahrendts is joining Airbnb’s board, the company announced Thursday…
Apple Carnegie Library grand opening: Tim Cook and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser greet customers
Apple fans in Washington, D.C. were treated to an exciting Saturday morning…
Apple Carnegie Library opens Saturday in Washington, D.C.
This is Apple’s most extensive historic restoration project to date, restoring and revitalizing the Beaux-Arts style building…
Apple CEO Cook hopes Apple’s $30 million rehab of D.C.’s Carnegie Library will do more than sell iPhones
Why spend two years and probably more than $30 million renovating the 116-year-old Carnegie Library into an Apple Store?
How Apple Retail Stores lost their luster
Web Smith’s recent experience at his local Apple store in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio…
Angela Ahrendts gives first interview since leaving Apple
How do you balance calculated decision-making with trusting your gut?
How Apple Retail Stores changed for the worse, says former store manager
When it comes to Apple stores, they’ve long been regarded as a fundamental pillar of the Apple experience…
Flagship Apple store in Washington D.C.’s Carnegie Library to open in late spring
Construction on Apple’s 19,000-square-foot store is slated to be complete in April…
Apple taking its in-store iPhone push too far by promoting upgrades instead of repairs?
It’s no secret that Apple has been pushing iPhone upgrades like never before…
Now is the time for Apple to re-think its retail priorities
The departure of Angela Ahrendts as Apple’s retail chief is a Rorschach test…
Ron Johnson: Apple Retail Stores ‘are a victim of their own success’
Apple has the premier retail experience. Under Angela Ahrendts they made significant improvements, but…
Angela Ahrendts’ post-Apple plans
Decked out in a striking Ralph Lauren pink turtleneck and coat…
Who is Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s new head of retail?
Deirdre O’Brien has spent three decades at the center of Apple’s operations, personnel and sales….
