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Apple will move into a soon-to-be-vacated Gap location at Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh, North Carolina in late 2017 or early 2018, according to mall spokesman Brian Asbill, who spoke with local newspaper The News & Observer.

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Apple's new store will be approximately 9,000 square feet, nearly double the size of its current Crabtree Valley Mall location, which opened in June 2006. Apple has one other store in the Triangle at The Streets at Southpoint in Durham.

Article Link: Apple to Open Larger Store at Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh by Next Year
 
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When store openings are the highlight of Apple News something is wrong at the mother ship.

Google updates/releases more in a month than Apple does in a year.

Apple has gotten lazy and are relying on 3rd party for new innovations.
 
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This is my local Apple store..it is always packed in there unless you go an awkward time like 2PM on a business day. Hopefully they add more genius bar employees, at this point you have to schedule appointments a week out which is pretty terrible compared to apple support in the past.

Also trying to buy something in there is also a hassle trying to find an employee that is available and has an easypay scanner.

I'm surprised they are moving from where they are though, that location is one of the best spots in the mall in terms of foot traffic.
 
For a company that has publicly denounced the discriminatory practices of North Carolina, its ironic to see them continue to expand their presence in the state both in the retail arena as well as their data center. Why not make a real stand and pull out of the state altogether? Pocket book impacts usually hurt more than signed amicus briefs and public denouncements alone.
 
When store openings are the highlight of Apple News something is wrong at the mother ship.

Google updates/releases more in a month than Apple does in a year.

Apple has gotten lazy and are relying on 3rd party for new innovations.


The funny thing is there are at least as many people complaining on various forums that apple is in too many spaces and needs to cut back to focus on fewer products and services....I'm not sure there is a winning move for them. An argument could be made that while google updates or releases a lot of products or services they also abandon nearly as many...I'm not sure which method is better for the end consumer in the long run...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discontinued_products_and_services
 
This used to be my local store...then I made the awful mistake of moving to Columbia. However, I will be moving back this year and really look forward to having this store available!
 
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I’ve been “petitioning” for a larger space since the day this Apple Store opened. It’s always been very busy, sometimes impossible to shop or get anything done. Forget browsing. I look forward to an expanded and updated location. Wish Apple would consider opening a “Flagship” store around here to serve the RDU & NC area. Even the store at Southpoint in Durham is supper busy.
 
I find it absurd that Apple would update this store before the Southpoint store. Southpoint is one of the last four with the original opening store front plus the floors are failing apart and it seams like every time I go in the stores network or server is broken. I am not saying that Crabtree isn't busy it just they have a newer store than the last time that southpoint was remodeled. I agree with NCSilverBear though that the triangle really needs a flagship store. I drive from Wilmington to the triangle every time my mac or iPhone needs fixed due to the authorized service providers being so bad, but Southpoint has always been my store, they just seam to have a nicer staff that really takes the extra time.
 
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