All 270 U.S. Apple Store locations have now reopened in one capacity or another since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020.
Apple closed every Apple Store outside of Greater China on March 13, 2020 and has been opening and closing them since.
The locations have reopened as of March 1, and the final weather-related closings were reopened on Monday morning.
Although each U.S. location is technically open, only a few are considered “fully open,” as a large number of the locations are running via curbside pickup or storefront only. As expected, the curbside service offers customers the ability to retrieve online orders or drop units off for repair.
Stores with “storefront” services allow customers to make appointments for pickup or help with a service representative. In this format, customers can go inside the store under certain precautions and in limited numbers.
A number of locations have implemented a new version of the storefront style called “Apple Express.” With these locations, plexiglass hubs are in place that that limit interactions to Genius appointments and device pickup.
Finally, a number of the U.S. locations are considered “open,” but feature health precautions in place that limit the number of customers in the store at any given point in time. Customers will require an appointment and can remain in the store as long as it isn’t over capacity.
As expected, masks are mandatory within any Apple Store location, and customers will have their temperature taken if they go inside.
Apple implemented specific health precautions in May 2020 and have expanded on them since in accordance with the CDC recommendations.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via AppleInsider and 9to5Mac
