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"Apple will launch a second Bristol, UK store on December 12th at 9AM, the company has announced. The shop is located within the Upper Mall at Cribbs Causeway, in a storefront formerly owned by music and video retailer HMV."

You can find more info about this store at Apple's website, but so far the hours are going to be later than normal with Apple keeping the store open until 9pm. They will have their first workshops, holiday-themed, scheduled for December 14th and 16th.

"Apple has confirmed the November 7th opening for its retail store located at the Carousel du Louvre. Like many Apple Store openings, the first 5,000 visitors will get a free t-shirt."

This is just one of several locations Apple plans on opening up in France, including Montpellier, but no dates have been set on the other opening.

"Apple's 24th retail store in the U.K. is scheduled to open on Thursday, October 29. The Union Square Apple Store in Aberdeen will open its doors at noon and will include the usual amenities like a Genius Bar and Personal Shopping. The Union Square Apple Store is in the new Union Square mall in Aberdeen's Guild Square. The mall includes over 60 shops, a movie theater and hotel."

The grand opening runs from 12:00 pm until 8:00 pm this Thursday according to Apple's retail store site.

"It was freezing this morning as the Manhasset Long Island, NY Apple store opened for business. Employees wearing T-Shirts (they weren't allowed to wear coats), ran up and down the waiting line of hundreds of people both pumping up the crowd and trying to stay warm."

The store opened up this past weekend giving Apple customers another choice of shopping options. 

"The seaside town of Cardiff (UK) will host the grand opening of the St David's 2 Apple store this Thursday at 10 a.m., part of a huge expansion of the adjacent St David's Centre that opens at the same time. The new store will expand Apple store coverage to the capital of Wales, a major tourist and shopping destination."

And with this opening on the 22nd of October, Apple adds store number 23 to their UK locations.

"Apple is planning to open its Promenade Temecula store in Temecula on Saturday, September 26 at 10:00AM."

The store is located in the Promenade Temecula outdoor expansion, on Promenade Way. The store will offer the usual amenities but will also be offering some free seminars for it's grand opening week.

"At 10:00 am on Saturday, February 21, Apple will open its latest retail store at the Friendly Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. The shop will be North Carolina's fourth, joining existing locations in Charlotte, Durham and Raleigh."

First 1,000 people get the obligatory Apple t-shirt. You can get store info and directions here. Dang, this means North Carolina will have one more Apple Store than Oregon.