Apple to Reopen 25 More Stores in the United States
Apple’s head of retail, Deirdre O’Brien stated that “Our commitment is to reopen our stores when we are confident the environment is safe,”. She further told that the Apple stores will enforce social-distancing rules, limit occupancy and some will allow only curbside or storefront service. Apple does not reveal its retail store revenue. Direct sales, which include retail stores, web, and corporate sales, accounted for 31% of its $260 billion in 2019 revenue. The Chief Executive Tim Cook refused last month to provide an outlook for the June quarter, citing business uncertainty created by the coronavirus. The first-quarter sales in China, indicating that country’s store closings and lockdown, were $9.46 billion, about $1 billion less than for the same period a year before. Last week, Apple reopened its first 5 stores in the US, asking customers and employees to undergo temperature checks and cover their faces with masks before entering the premises. The company has more than 500 stores worldwide and 271 at home. The website 9to5Mac informed that Apple would reopen nearly 10 of its stores in Italy as well. We can wait and see what kind of ramifications the reopening of stores would have in the near future. Check out? China to Ban Apple and Qualcomm in Response to US Restrictions
