Apple to close retail stores tomorrow during Steve Jobs memorial

By on Oct 18, 2011 at 8:15 PM
Retail October 18, 2011

As Apple holds a memorial on Wednesday at its Cupertino, California campus to honor the life of co-Founder Steve Jobs, the company will close its U.S. retail stores for at least an hour. Employees of several Apple Stores were informed of the closures at a private company event or by phone, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The exact duration of the closures is unknown, however one employee told the paper they could last up to three hours. Apple Store employees noted that closings of this kind typically only happen ahead of product launches. Steve Jobs’s funeral was held on October 7th, and a larger memorial event for friends, family, Apple employees and industry executives took place this past Sunday. Tomorrow’s event in Cupertino is for Apple employees only.

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  • Anonymous

    Personally, I think all Apple stores should close tomorrow for the entire day in hommage to the late great Sheepherder.

    o••O

    • Anonymous

      Larry Page died? Holy shit! Dude don’t joke. Are you serious?

    • Anonymous

      Agreed. I think that’s pretty lame, not closing for the whole day to honor the dude that did everything for your company. Instead, the Apple employees are told “Take an extra hour on your lunch, then back to work”.   Tsk, tsk….  Wouldn’t expect anything else from these guys.

  • Anonymous

    Meh… I would have rather seen them close for the thousands that die in Africa every week.

    Yes Steve Jobs was Apple for many years but it’s not a one man company and not the end of the world.

  • Fyrfyter

    Steve is going to be pissed he`s not going to make any money during that time!

    • sirpaul

      The publicity Apple will generate from this even will more than make up for it.

  • Carmen

    I still get a little bummed when I think about the fact that he’s dead. I know he was crazy and didn’t always do the right thing. But one thing that everyone will agree on is that he has undoubtedly changed the world by helping to design products that people loved to use and that others tried to imitate.

  • Anonymous

    Can’t wait to see how much/long Apple will milk Jobs’ death. A Gold iPhone 4S Steve Jobs edition perhaps?

    • Anonymous

      Not to worry.  They’ll sell millions of em pre-order. Gotta keep in mind who’s buying them.

  • Weapondrift

    Personally I think they should all close for good. 

  • http://twitter.com/n8d n8d

    Will BGR close for an hour too so JG can sit in the corner and cry hysterically?

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