Enlarge / NEW YORK, June 17, 2020 - Staff workers serve customers outside an Apple store on Fifth Avenue. (credit: Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images) For the first time in just a few days shy of a year, all Apple Store retail locations in the United States are open this week, reports 9to5Mac. Apple first closed all retail locations outside of China on March 13, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.