Soon, Little Rock, Ark. may be known for more than being the site of former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s library. Reportedly, Apple may open its first store in the city of 190,000 this October. Before you get your bags packed for the ribbon-cutting, be aware there’s been similar chatter since 2007.
However, a blog that tracks Apple’s retail moves reports the Cupertino, Calif. company has signed a lease in the Chenal Mall. If the report bears out, the addition could remove a gaping hole in what is described as a ‘black-out zone’ for Apple retail locations. The zone stretches from the Gulf to southern Missouri.
If the Arkansas store opens, the retail site would bring to 44 states where Apple stores are available. Only Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming would be Apple store free.
In March, Apple tested a ‘pop-up store’ in Austin as the tech giant attempted to follow its fans to the South by Southwest Interactive Conference.
Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.
14 responses to “Report: Apple to Open First Arkansas Retail Location in October”
…where’s Arkansas?
Really? You had to post this today? You couldn’t wait one more day? Or are you just begging for cracks about talking to someone at the Rube Bar? Or that qualifications for Genius include a 6th grade education? That a network manager works on a fishing boat? A hard drive is getting from Jonesboro to Fayetteville in August? Or that 73% of Arkansans have Blue Tooth, but only 41% own a computer?
They are also set to open their first Alaska store!!! Job postings for retail positions at the 5th Ave mall have been up on Apple’s site for a few weeks.
Actually it might surprise you to find out that Arkansas is no less intelligent than anywhere else. They do finish school, they do wear shoes. One of the most renowned Children’s Hospitals is in Little Rock. Along with a college that has been in the top lists for schools under 5k students for years.
Isn’t the License plate slogan “At Least It’s Not Mississippi?”
Awesome! Arkansans have been waiting for this. Little Rock is a great, beautiful city. And, Go Hogs!
No it isn’t. A simple Google would tell you that.
Now while don’t you cut the crap and stop acting like a jerk. You look dumber than the “idiots” in Arkansas you are trying to joke about.
Then again you probably think that Clinton (born and raised in Arkansas and the governor there for several years) is a total moron and ruined the country. Just like ‘that blackie’ in the office right now