Category: Apple Retail Stores

Apple closes multiple retail stores across U.S. and Canada over COVID fears

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Apple has temporarily closed three retail stores in the U.S. and Canada after a rise in employee COVID-19 cases and exposures. Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News: The three stores are in the Brickell City Centre in Miami; Annapolis, Maryland; and downtown Ottawa. The company said that all employees will take Covid-19 tests prior to the…

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Apple mandates masks for customers at all U.S. retail stores

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Customers at Apple Retail Stores across America will be required to wear face masks to shop. California, where Apple is headquartered, imposed an indoor mask mandate on Monday. Apple Face Mask Kif Leswing for CNBC: Previously, Apple only required masks in some U.S. stores in regions that required them. Tuesday’s announcement means that Apple will…

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Apple Rosenthaler Straße opens on December 2nd in Berlin

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Apple today previewed Apple Rosenthaler Straße, the first Apple Store in the Mitte borough of Berlin. Situated on the eastern side of the capital city, Apple Rosenthaler Straße provides easy access for customers to discover new products just in time for the holidays and develop skills to take their creativity to the next level. Apple…

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16 Apple retail workers claim they’re ‘struggling to survive’ amid ‘untenable conditions’

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Zoe Schiffer, The Verge‘s Norma Rae, this week reports on sixteen (16) Apple retail workers who claim they’re “struggling to survive” amid “untenable conditions.” Zoe Schiffer for The Verge: The Verge spoke with 16 current and former employees on Apple’s retail, support, and sales teams who say their complaints about working conditions and pay have…

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Apple to pay $30 million over retail store worker bag checks

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Apple has agreed to pay $29.9 million to employees at its retail stores who were forced to submit to security bag checks — unpaid — when they left work after or during their shifts. Robert Burnson for Bloomberg News: Lawyers for the workers asked a federal judge on Friday to approve the settlement, which was…

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Apple launches 2021 Holiday Gift Guide

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Starting today, Apple is celebrating the holidays at Apple Store locations and apple.com with the launch of the Holiday Gift Guide and personalized holiday cards from Today at Apple. With all-new lineups of iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AirPods, and so much more, customers can discover and shop for the latest Apple products more easily…

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Apple Retail Stores to drop customer mask requirement in many U.S. states

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Apple Retail Stores will drop the COVID-19 mask requirement for customers at many of its U.S.locations starting Friday. Apple Face Mask Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News: The change will take place beginning at more than 100 of the company’s about 270 stores across the U.S. before gradually expanding to additional stores in the coming days….

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Thieves used Apple Store’s own sales devices to steal millions in gift cards

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Thieves stole Apple Retail Store employees’ “Isaac” handheld sales devices, then used them to send themselves some $1.5 million in Apple Gift Cards over a two-year period between 2015 and 2017. William Gallagher for AppleInsider: Most Apple Gift Card scams involve users being ripped off over fake ones, but in the case of Jason Tout-Puissant…

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Apple to give retail store employees up to $1,000 in one-time bonuses

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Apple will give retail store employees up to $1,000 in one-time bonuses next month, following a tumultuous effort to get its retail operations back on track after the varied responses to COVID-19. Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News: The iPhone maker will give $1,000 to retail staff hired before March 31, while anyone who joined after…

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Apple closes South Carolina retail store after some employees were exposed to COVID-19

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Apple closed its store located on 301 King Street in Charleston, South Carolina, after more than 20 staff members were exposed to COVID-19. Apple Charleston Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News: The store’s website shows it will be closed until next week, with a sign on the front of the location also alerting customers to the…

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