Apple had previously stated that they were on track to open 30 retail stores by the end of the September. It seems the company is on track to do just that, with five of those stores opening this Saturday.
Here is the list of store openings courtesy of MacRumors:
– 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.
Of course, while these stores are just opening, Apple is making a push to open other flagship stores, and renovating others.
That brings us to an update regarding Apple’s landmark Fifth Ave. Store in New York City. Apple has posted a sign describing what they are doing to the store. Back in June it came to light that Apple was undertaking a $6.6 million revamp of the drainage system, and the store itself. Well, Apple has revealed that they are replacing the 50 panes of glass that made the cube, with 15 longer pieces of glass. So there’s that.
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