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Apple closes all California retail stores over increase in COVID-19 cases
As COVID-19 cases in California increased, Apple announced this weekend that the company was closing all of its retail stores in the state…
Apple temporarily closing Los Angeles area retail stores due to COVID-19
Apple is again temporarily closing its Los Angeles-area stores as COVID-19 cases rise in the area. The move marks the first time in several…
Nearly half of U.S. Apple Retail Stores have switched to Express storefronts
Following the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping weekend, nearly half of all Apple Stores in the U.S. have added Express storefronts…
COVID-19 lockdown again closes several Apple Retail Stores in Italy
Just ahead of Apple’s iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max launch, new COVID-19 lockdown measures in Italy have forced Apple to close…
Apple announces AirPods Pro Service Program for Sound Issues
Apple has announced the AirPods Pro Service Program for Sound Issues. Apple has determined that a small percentage of AirPods Pro may…
Apple Store in riot-ravaged Minneapolis permanently closed
The Apple Retail Store, Apple Uptown, located at 3018 Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota has been permanently closed …
Apple expands ‘Express’ retail store format ahead of Christmas shopping season
Apple is expanding a new physical store format as the company looks to get iPhone 12 models into customers’ hands, Apple’s retail chief…
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 starts shipping devices from retail stores to speed up deliveries
Joining a trend among retailers, Apple is beginning to employ their network of retail stores as distribution centers for shipping products…
Sonos and Logitech shares fall as Apple Stores pull their products
Shares of both Sonos and Logitech are trading lower following a report that Apple has stopped selling third-party headphones and speakers…
Apple pulls rival headphones and speakers from stores ahead of launch
As Apple prepares to launch its own new audio products, the company has stopped selling headphones and wireless speakers from rivals…
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…
9th Circuit rules Apple owes retail workers for time spent during bag checks
More than 12,000 Apple retail workers in California are entitled to back pay for time they spent going through security “bag checks” at…
Apple to launch online store in India next month
Taking advantage of a relaxation of India’s once-strict prohibitions against foreign direct retail, Apple will launch an online store for…
Apple to reopen U.S. retail stores that were twice shuttered due to COVID-19 fears
Apple plans to start reopening U.S. retail stores that had been closed over the past several weeks due fears over local COVID-19 cases…
Montreal’s flagship Apple Store closed until further notice due to COVID-19
Apple Sainte-Catherine in Montreal is closed until further notice. A customer who brought in a MacBook for repairs on Thursday…
Apple demands 50% rent cuts and and rent-free period for UK stores
Apple is pushing for huge rent cuts across its UK stores and the company seeks equal treatment with other retailers, who have had rents cut by landlords…
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 …
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 to re-close 30 more retail stores amid COVID-19 spike
Apple will close 30 additional stores in the United States this week. Apple has re-closed 77 stores in recent weeks in the United States as COVID-19 …
Apple re-closing retail stores in Florida, Mississippi, Texas, and Utah due to COVID-19 spikes
Apple will be re-closing retail stores in Florida, Mississippi, Texas, and Utah on July 1st due to COVID-19 spikes. At least 16 stores across the…
Apple to re-close 14 stores in Florida amid spikes in COVID-19 cases
Apple will re-close 14 stores in Florida as COVID-19 rates rise in the state, the company said on Thursday. The shutdowns come after Apple recently…
Apple to re-close seven Houston stores due increase in COVID-19 cases
Apple will re-close seven of its retail locations in Houston, Texas again due to an increase in the number of novel coronavirus cases in the U.S…
Apple re-closes 11 U.S. retail stores total due to COVID-19 spikes
Apple said Friday it was temporarily re-closing 11 stores in four U.S. states due to concern about COVID-19 spikes. Apple said that it was re-closing…
Apple to re-close some U.S. stores due to spike in COVID-19 cases
Apple will re-close some U.S. retail stores in Florida, Arizona, South Carolina, and North Carolina due to a spike in COVID-19 cases…
Apple begins accepting Mac trade-ins at retail stores
Apple has now officially expanded its Mac trade-in program to retail stores in the United States and Canada. Apple currently offers trade-in programs…
Over 70 Apple Retail Stores to reopen in the U.S. and Canada this week
Apple’s Senior Vice President, Retail + People, Deirdre O’Brien sent out a notice to employees about plans to reopen more Apple Retail Stores, which…
Apple reopening 32 UK Apple Retail Stores on June 15th
All Apple Retail Stores in England, and one in Northern Ireland, will reopen on Monday, June 15th in the UK with new coronavirus related hygiene…
Apple Retail Stores to launch Mac trade-in program in U.S. and Canada
Apple plans to launch a Mac trade-in program next week at the company’s retail stores in the U.S and Canada. Apple currently offers trade-in programs…
Apple Retail Stores smashed and looted amid widespread riots
Apple Retail Stores have become a target of rioters and looters during the ongoing protests across the United States, with some Apple Store storefronts…
Apple reopening flagship Tokyo stores as Japan eases restrictions
Apple on Wednesday plans to reopen their flagship retail stores in Japan, as the company works to reopen Apple Retail Stores in one of their biggest…
Apple Stores, other retailers already hit hard by COVID-19 shutdown board up amid violent U.S. protests, looting, and riots
Apple Stores and many other retailers have boarded up following the death in Minneapolis of a black man, George Floyd, seen on video gasping for breath…
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 Retail Stores to begin reopening in Japan this week
After Apple Retail Stores had been shuttered for months due to COVID-19, the company will this week begin reopening its retail stores in Japan, one of…
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…
Apple Retail Stores begin reopening in Canada today
Apple Retail Stores in Canada will begin reopening today, beginning with six locations in the Vancouver area, one in Winnipeg, and one in Halifax…
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 stores in Italy will begin reopening on May 19
Apple on Thursday revealed that the company’s retail store at the Nave de Vero shopping mall in the Venice area will reopen on Tuesday, May 19th…
Apple plans to return more staff to offices in restart after COVID-19 pause
While other tech companies continueg work-from-home policies through at least the end of 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Apple plans to soon start…
