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After Data Center, Apple To Open Fifth Store in North Carolina

Apple is set to open a new Apple Store in Charlotte, North Carolina, by year’s end, ifoAppleStore reports. The website, a well-connected source of Apple retail information and tidbits, reports Apple’s plan to open a fifth store in the State falls in line with North Carolina quickly becoming the center of Apple’s super-high tech infrastructure, with the famous 500,000 square feet data center (set to expand to 1 million square feet) in Maiden, NC, located just 30 miles away from Charlotte and reportedly launched with online operations and iTunes services this Spring.

The new store – according to job postings and building permits – will open inside the Northlake Mall and located on the second level, 16 miles north of the existing SouthPark Apple Store. ifoAppleStore also reported Apple will open a new retail store this Saturday in Lyon, France, and another one in the MetroTown shopping mall in Burnaby, Canada.

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