Apple Stores Reopening: 100 US Locations To Open For Curbside Pickup

After shuttering many of its stores worldwide during the coronavirus pandemic, Apple said on Tuesday that it will reopen more of its U.S. stores in the coming week. Roughly 100 more Apple Stores will resume operations soon, the company told CNBC and the Verge, and will largely focus on curbside services.

In all, around 130 domestic Apple stores will be open in the coming week. The tech giant operates 271 stores in the U.S. and 510 globally. The company shuttered all of its stores outside of China on March 19 as the pandemic escalated worldwide.

“This week we’ll return to serving customers in many U.S. locations,” a spokesperson for Apple said in a statement. “For customer safety and convenience, most stores will offer curbside or storefront service only, where we provide online order pick-up and Genius Bar appointments.”

The stores set to resume operations in the coming week are based in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Most of the Apple stores that have reopened in the U.S. have focused on a limited array of social-distancing-friendly services, like customer support and pickup. Only a handful of the locations set to reopen will allow walk-in customers.

“In every store, we’re focused on limiting occupancy and giving everybody lots of room, and renewing our focus on one‑on‑one, personalized service at the Genius Bar and throughout the store,” Deidre O’Brien, Apple’s head of retail, explained in a statement posted to the company’s website in early May. “We’re also taking some additional steps in most places. Face coverings will be required for all of our teams and customers, and we will provide them to customers who don’t bring their own.”