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Apple's first retail stores

Campaign · 2001 · Notable

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Apple reported $599,000 in sales at its first stores over their opening weekend.

Queue at the original Tysons Corner Apple Store, 2001
Blake Patterson / Wikimedia Commons
AR reconstruction of the 2001 Tysons Corner store
Michael Steeber
A glass-fronted Apple Store designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Apple Fifth Avenue's glass cube in New York
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Milestone date
Week of May 20, 2001
May 19 ’01 to Week of May 20, 2001
Platforms
3
Started on Retail
Origin
Mixed
Retail

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Apple opened two stores with demonstrations and a Genius Bar, amid predictions of failure. Apple reported $599,000 in opening-weekend sales. Fans shared queue reports and traveled to later openings as the format spread to Japan and Europe.

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  1. May 2001

    Apple / Steve Jobs precursor · May 15 ’01

    Apple announced its first two stores and a plan to open 25 that year.[1]

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  2. Apple seed · May 19 ’01

    Apple opened stores at Tysons Corner in McLean, Virginia, and Glendale Galleria in California.[1][2]

  3. MattWin2k and six.of.one / MacCentral forum platform jump · May 19 ’01

    MacCentral forum posters described the opening and a line that persisted after the doors opened.[3]

  1. milestone · Week of May 20, 2001

  2. owner response · Jul 18 ’02

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Retail
Region
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