Apple Stanford Shopping Center

Apple Stanford Shopping Center, also simply known as Apple Stanford, is an Apple Store located in Palo Alto, California, USA. It opened for business in 2004 as Apple's 88th retail store and is internally identified as R099. It has since moved up to become the 87th Apple retail store still in operation, as another preceding store had closed over the years.

Location
This Apple Store is presently situated at 379 in Palo Alto, near Stanford University. It is normally open from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its hours on Monday to Friday have been changed to 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m..

History
This location was originally opened as Apple Store Stanford within a tiny 750-square-foot space at 183 on October 16, 2004. It was one of the first locations to be based around Apple Computer's "mini" store design as retail space became challenging to find at the rate they were being opened at the time.

Competition from Microsoft
In April 2012, Microsoft opened a large 6,369-square-foot retail store in the same shopping center, dwarfing Apple's location close by. Visitors noted the similarity to Apple's design style. After a crowded grand opening that included r and a live performance by, sustained attendance at the Microsoft Store was observed to be light in comparison to the much smaller Apple Store. By 2020, the Microsoft retail store chain was permanently closed as Microsoft wrote down a pre-tax loss of 450 million.

Relocation
On September 7, 2013, Apple's Stanford store was moved to a much-larger 12,000-square-foot space within the shopping center. The new structure was designed by the architectural firm of and was approved by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in early 2011, months before he died.

Incidents
On March 14, 2020, this store was closed during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was reopened on May 27, 2020, but with more limited service in observance of health precautions.