Apple Store opens in Japan

Apple today said it plans this weekend to open its seventh retail store in Japan. The Apple Store Sapporo is located on Sapporo Ekimae-dori, next to Sapporo Mitsukoshi department--about a one-minute walk from Odori station on the Nanboku Subway Line, the Toho Subway Line or the Tozai Subway Line, through Sapporo Mitsukoshi department, according to the company. It will open in orthern city of Sapporo on June 24th at 10 a.m. Meanwhile, ifostore reports that the unannounced Stamford Town Center (Conn.) retail store will hold its grand opening on July 1st and Macworld UK notes that Apple is recruiting for new shops in the Bentall Centre in Kingston, for a new store at Manchester’s Arndale Centre, and for staff for its West Quay shop in Southampton. The company currently has six stores open in the UK. On Monday, we noted photos of the Apple Store under construction in South Beach, Miami and Apple retail job postings for a store at Chinook Mall in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

by MacNN Staff