Apple expands 'express' retail format to meet iPhone 12 demand

Apple has launched 20 new "express" stores in the U.S. and Europe, aiming to keep customers and staff safe during the pandemic as the iPhone 12 hits store shelves.

Apple is now expanding a new physical store format to help customers quickly get the newly launched smartphones while keeping customers and staff safe from unnecessary coronavirus exposure. COVID-19 cases have been rising in both the United States and Europe."It's a swifter way for us to serve customers," Deirdre O'Brien, the senior Vice President of retail and people at Apple, told Reuters. "It allows us to maintain all the appropriate social distancing and maintain all of our health protocols within our stores."

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