Apple could be planning an event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of its retail stores, after the company told its retail employees this week that they could not request vacation days in late May.
An AppleInsider report reveals an email was sent to Apple retail employees informing them that they could not request days off between May 20th and May 22nd. Store managers are apparently “very excited” about these dates, but it seems no further information is currently available.
Gary Allen of ifoAppleStore.com – a website dedicated to news and information about Apple’s retail stores – said that Apple may hold an event to “attract a crowd” for a few days as a way of celebrating the 10-year milestone.
It’s unlikely, however, that the event will see a new product launch. Though Apple is expected to update its iMac lineup to introduce the latest Sandy Bridge processors, this isn’t usually an occasion that would prevent retail employees from taking vacation.
The last time Apple enforced this rule was earlier this year for two major product launches: the Verizon iPhone 4 and the iPad 2. Don’t bother getting your hopes up for the iPhone 5, though – recent reports don’t expect that until at least September.
Update: MacRumors have since received some information that suggests this may well be due to internal training, rather than an event.
Killian Bell is a freelance writer based in the U.K. He has an interest in all things tech and also covers Android over at CultofAndroid.com. You can follow him on Twitter via @killianbell.
10 responses to “Apple Planning an Event to Commemorate 10 Years in Retail? [Updated]”
Training event – read MacRumors
Thanks for the message, Arn – story updated.
Killian
Must be great to work in Apple retail.
Actually it could be both. They could be doing training on day one because on day two there will be a launch of something new that they expect will at least bring a lot of questions. Like say the new Mobile Me service
I could see the new MobileMe service launching, but I can’t see anything else being launched, however I think that the MobileMe rehash will be released at WWDC 2011.