![]() ![]() Today’s milestone doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods yet. Special thank you to Míc Sun for graphing my Apple Store reopening data. That’s on top of almost 50 locations last week, more than 40 the week before, and dozens in early February. Around two dozen stores in California, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, and Utah reintroduced shopping sessions today. In addition to reopening every store, Apple is also starting to offer in-store shopping at more US locations again after months of operation as Express storefronts. The miserable cocktail of unfortunate events has tested the spirits of Apple’s Retail teams and kept all US stores from reopening at any point before today. These are just a few of the most visible and intense challenges of the past 12 months. To top it all off, rapidly evolving shopping trends and physical distancing have drained the life from many of the shopping centers and public squares Apple calls home. US Apple Stores have reopened and closed again many times over the past year due to COVID-19. If adapting and responding to new health and safety guidelines overnight wasn’t enough, Apple Stores were then confronted with looting and vandalism, an intense heatwave and wildfire smoke throughout California in the midst of curbside operations, Election Day and Inauguration Day security precautions, and severe winter storms in Texas that pushed back store reopenings in Austin by nearly a week. After starting to reopen from May 11, 2020, evolving health guidance and COVID-19 infection spikes forced some stores to reclose and reopen a second, third, or even fourth time. Over the past 12 months, Apple Stores have weathered a rambling calendar of horrors that began when the pandemic hit. ![]() Apple Stores in Texas around Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio were the last to reopen today. While some Apple Stores offer in-store shopping appointments and others can accept Express pickup of online orders only, all 270 US locations are now open in some capacity as of March 1, 2021. It was 353 days ago - Mathat Apple closed all of its retail stores outside of Greater China. ![]() Every Apple Store in the United States is open for the first time in nearly a year. ![]()
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