Apple's gift card situation hasn't always been the easiest, with two distinct options for customers who are looking to buy something. But now the company is streamlining things.
Apple’s new gift card in the U.S. is for ‘everything Apple’
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Apple Stores eliminate Field Trip program due to the coroanvirus
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Apple has been forced to keep many of its physical retail stores closed. That also means that many programs hosted in the physical retail locations have been shut down and/or suspended, including Today at Apple.
New report sheds light on Apple’s store closure strategies
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage on, especially in the United States, Apple (along with other companies who haven't been so lucky) has been forced to strategize a great deal when it comes to re-opening (or re-closing) its physical retail stores in the U.S.. Now, a new report sheds light on that strategy.
Apple’s overhauled Sanlitun store in Beijing opens for customers
Apple Sanlitun opened as Apple's first brick-and-mortar store in China in July 2008 at Beijing’s Taikoo Li Sanlitun mall. Today, it was replaced by Apple's massive new flagship store.
8 domestic Apple stores shutting down again in Kansas, Maryland, Virginia and Wisconsin
After Apple last week re-closed nearly a dozen retail stores in the United States, local increases in coronavirus infections have now prompted the Cupertino company to shut down again eight of its retail locations in Kansas, Maryland, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Apple continues to encourage retail employees to work remotely; not confident U.S. offices will return to normal in 2020
In light of everything changing due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has forced so many to start working from home, Apple continues to evolve its own plans as it relates to its physical retail stores and offices located in the United States.
Apple re-closing 11 additional US retail stores
Apple is reportedly re-closing nearly a dozen additional retail locations in the United States, bringing its total store re-closures in the country to 91.
You can now reserve a time to ‘Shop with a Specialist’ at an Apple Store
Apple has offered the ability to reserve a time slot in a given day to help with repairs and other service questions at its physical retail stores for years, and now it's expanding the same idea to help customers shop for products.
Apple is now re-closing retail stores in California, Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, and others due to COVID-19 concerns
In the United States, the coronavirus continues to spread, in some states worse than others. And, in light of changing conditions, Apple has been forced to re-close some stores it had re-opened after initially closing them due to COVID-19 concerns.
Microsoft is permanently closing its physical stores worldwide
Microsoft is permanently closing all of its physical stores worldwide after it was forced to close all its retail locations globally back in May due to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.
Apple is now re-closing 14 stores in Florida
The Apple Store closures continue as the spread of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19, the disease it causes, continues in the United States.
Apple is re-closing seven stores in Houston due to COVID-19 concerns
While Apple continues to monitor the situation regrading the novel coronavirus and COVID-19, the disease it causes, the company continues to make changes in regards to its physical retail stores.