The Apple Store is a chain of retail stores owned and operated by Apple Inc., dealing in computers and consumer electronics. As of May 2009, Apple has opened 252 stores; 208 in 41 US states, 20 in the United Kingdom, 9 in Canada, 7 in Japan, 4 in Australia, 2 in Switzerland and 1 in Italy, Germany and China.
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The Apple Store is a chain of retail stores owned and operated by Apple Inc., dealing in computers and consumer electronics. As of May 2009, Apple has opened 252 stores; 208 in 41 US states, 20 in the United Kingdom, 9 in Canada, 7 in Japan, 4 in Australia, 2 in Switzerland and 1 in Italy, Germany and China.
Design and history
The stores, designed by a San Francisco based design firm Eight Inc., carry Apple computers, software, iPod music players, iPhone cell phones, third-party accessories, and other consumer electronics such as the Apple TV. Many stores feature a theatre for presentations and workshops, the Studio for training with Apple products, and all stores offer a Genius Bar for technical support and repairs, as well as free workshops available to the public.
On May 15, 2001 Steve Jobs led a group of journalists from a hotel in Tysons Corner, Virginia to Apple's first store in the second level of Tysons Corner Center for a commemorative press event. The first two Apple Stores opened on May 19 in Tysons Corner and later the same day in Glendale, California at Glendale Galleria.Timeline of Apple Stores. The first Apple Store with the current layout and hardware (wood tables and stone flooring) opened in Pasadena, California and was the third store to open. Apple opened its 200th store on October 26, 2007 in Gilbert, Arizona, 2,251 days after opening its Tysons Corner store. Many stores are located inside shopping malls, but Apple has since built several stand-alone "flagship" stores in high-profile locations. Flagship stores have opened in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Tokyo, Osaka, London, Sydney, Montreal, Cambridge and Boston. The Boston store at 815 Boylston Street is the largest Apple Store in the United States.. The Regent Street store in London, United Kingdom at 235 Regent Street is the largest Apple Store in the world.
Each store is designed to suit the needs of the location and regulatory authorities. Apple has received numerous architectural awards for its store designs, particularly its SoHo location.
Originally, Apple Stores contained a dedicated point of sale station, however in 2006, Apple began introducing a new store layout and design with metallic walls and backlit signage. The new store design replaced the dedicated point of sale station with the handheld EasyPay system. However, a dedicated point of sale station still exists in most of these stores to facilitate transactions not paid for by credit card. . The Regent Street store has more POS terminals than any other in the world with 28 terminals.
