Apple closes three U.S. stores, citing mall declines (opens in new tab)

Apple permanently closed three U.S. retail stores on Saturday, June 20: Apple Towson Town Center in Towson, Maryland; Apple North County in Escondido, California; and Apple Trumbull in Trumbull, Connecticut. Apple announced the closures in April and said it made the decision after “the departure of several retailers and declining conditions” at the three malls. The Towson store became Apple’s first unionized company-owned U.S. retail location in 2022 through IAM CORE, part of the Internationa...