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Alex Blake

Apple was dying by the end of the 90s, but then it opened its first ever Apple Store 25 years ago - and the rest is history

The Apple Store in Santa Monica, California.

These days, there are about 550 Apple Stores around the world, with locations popping up in countless major cities and across five of the planet’s continents. They are, in other words, a serious success story for Apple.

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the opening of the world’s first two Apple Stores. Found in McLean, Virginia, and in Glendale, California, they were opened on this day way back in 2001.

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