Apple to Open Retail Stores in Four States Next Week and Require Masks, Temperature Checks
May 08 2020 - 6:51PM
Dow Jones News
By Tripp Mickle
Apple Inc. said Friday it will reopen stores in four U.S. states
where its locations will follow enhanced safety procedures,
including temperature checks at the door and social distancing
inside.
The tech giant plans to open stores in Alabama, Alaska, Idaho
and South Carolina next week. The company's retail team is
monitoring health data at a city and county level and will open
additional stores in the future.
"As soon as we can safely open our stores, we will," a spokesman
said in a statement.
In addition to temperature checks and social distancing, stores
will require customers wear masks, which the company will provide
if needed. Apple will resume the deep-cleaning practices it started
in stores before closing them two months ago.
Social distancing will reduce the number of people inside
stores, so Apple recommended that customers purchase products
online and schedule an in-store pickup if possible.
Apple was one of the first major U.S. retailers to curtail
operations when it said March 14 that it was closing all its stores
outside Asia. The closures preceded a broad shutdown of the U.S.
economy that occurred in March and April. States have begun
loosening restrictions in recent weeks, paving the way to the store
reopenings.
Write to Tripp Mickle at tripp.mickle@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 08, 2020 18:36 ET (22:36 GMT)
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