Apple Stanford Shopping Center

Apple Stanford Shopping Center, also simply known as Apple Stanford, is an Apple Store located in Palo Alto, California, USA. It opened for business in 2004 as Apple's 88th retail store and is internally identified as R099. It has since moved up to become the 87th Apple retail store still in operation, as another preceding store had closed over the years.Apple Storefronts: #88 Stanford by Thomas Park, AppSpot. 2011-09-24. Archived 2011-11-10.Apple Storefronts: #87 Stanford R099 by Thomas Park, AppSpot. 2021-06-24.
==Location==
This Apple Store is presently situated at 379 in Palo Alto, near Stanford University. It is normally open from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its hours on Monday to Friday have been changed to 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m..
==History==
This location was originally opened as Apple Store Stanford within a tiny 750-square-foot space at 183 on October 16, 2004. It was one of the first locations to be based around Apple Computer's "mini" store design as retail space became challenging to find at the rate they were being opened at the time.Apple Unveils New “Mini” Retail Store Design, Apple Computer. 2004-10-14.Apple opens new stores, citing inaction by resellers by Robert Mullins, Silicon Valley Business Journal. 2004-10-24.
===Competition from Microsoft===
In April 2012, Microsoft opened a large 6,369-square-foot retail store in the same shopping center, dwarfing Apple's location close by. Visitors noted the similarity to Apple's design style.Welcome to the Microsoft Store by Farhad Manjoo, Slate. 2012-04-25. After a crowded grand opening that included r and a live performance by , sustained attendance at the Microsoft Store was observed to be light in comparison to the much smaller Apple Store.Grand Opening Weekend – See Maroon 5 Live in concert, Microsoft Store. Archived 2012-04-21.Microsoft Store opens at Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto Online. 2012-04-19.Palo Alto - Microsoft Store..., Nolan's Blog. 2013-02-11. By 2020, the Microsoft retail store chain was permanently closed as Microsoft wrote down a pre-tax loss of 450 million.Microsoft Is Permanently Closing Its Retail Stores by Todd Haselton, NBC4 New York. 2020-06-26.Microsoft is closing all of its stores by Shannon Liao, CNN Business. 2020-06-26.
===Relocation===
On September 7, 2013, Apple's Stanford store was moved to a much-larger 12,000-square-foot space within the shopping center.Apple to open new Stanford Mall store, Palo Alto Weekly. 2013-09-05. The new structure was designed by the architectural firm of and was approved by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in early 2011, months before he died.Apple Is Building A Beautiful New Store To Overshadow Microsoft In Palo Alto, by Billy Gallagher, TechCrunch. 2016-06-16.
===Incidents===
On March 14, 2020, this store was closed during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.Apple to close US retail stores and all others outside China until March 27th by Chris Welch, The Verge. 2020-03-14. It was reopened on May 27, 2020, but with more limited service in observance of health precautions.Update: Over 100 US stores open this week by Michael Steeber, 9to5Mac. 2020-05-26.
==References==
==External links==
*Apple Stanford Shopping Center at Apple
**Apple Retail Store - Stanford (archived 2015-02-14)
**Apple Store, Stanford (archived 2008-07-25, 2004-11-10)
Category:Apple Stores in the United States
Category:2004 establishments