Apple expects to reopen its brick-and-mortar retail outlets in the first half of April, retail and people chief Deirdre O’Brien told staffers on Tuesday.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple shuttered all of its Apple Store locations outside of China. Though originally slated to reopen March 27, Apple updated that timeline to “until further notice.”
Now, it appears that notice is being given. According to an internal memo sent Apple Store employees and seen by VentureBeat, the Cupertino tech giant is expecting to reopen its Apple locations in early April.
In the U.S. specifically, Apple appears to be planning on reopening retail locations on a staggered basis instead of all at once.
The new retail plans come on the same day that President Donald Trump said he hopes to reopen the country’s business operations by Easter, which takes place on April 12 this year, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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