The Apples Store is the multinational chain or retail stores that is operated and owned by the Apple Inc., these stores deal in consumer electronics and Computer Hardware. Apple Inc. has established 200 retail stores, including one hundred seventy two stores in thirty six states of USA, ten in UK, Canada 7 in, and 4 in Japan till October 2007. In recent times Apple opened their first retail store in Rome, continental Europe.

The Apple Store hold Apple computers, music players, cell phones, software, third party garnishes, and many other customer electronics like Apple TV. Many of the Apple stores characteristic a theater for workshops and presentations, a special studio for train the customers with products of Apple, and each Apple Store has a genius bar to repair the products and providing technical support as well as free public workshops is also available.

On 19th of May, 2001, initial two retail Apple Stores were opened in Glendale, California and Tysons Corner, Virginia. On 26th of October, 2007, just after 2251 days of opening of Tysons Corner store, Apple opened its 200th retail store in Gilbert, Arizona. Most of the Apple Stores are situated inside the shopping malls, but since Apple has built many individual “flagship” stores in important locations. Flagship stores from Apple have opened till now in Los Angeles, New York city, San Francisco, Chicago, Osaka, London, and Tokyo and soon in Montreal. The flagship stores are of unique style and designed for suiting all the requirements of their location. Apple Store has got a number of architectural prizes for design of its stores.

Genius Bar: - All of the Apple stores have a Genius Bar, where consumers can get technical advice and system service and fix for the products. The Bar gives software support of Mac 9 OS or its later versions, and Hardware Service for products that aren’t classified obsolete or vintage. Some Apple Stores have a special bar for iPods called as iPod Bar in order to provide the services related to iPods. This is the common feature of newly opened stores. Most of the new stores have a station named The Studio, where customer can receive the operating information about the products. These stores are designed by the apple to fulfill the needs of customers related to Electronic Equipments and computer hardware. Customer can get almost all of the braded electronic appliances from these retail stores. Apple is in talks with Reliance Retail to open a retail store in India.