Eagle-eyed TUAW reader Gary spotted this job posting over at Yahoo! advertising for Apple Retail workers in Jackson, Mississippi. As of this posting, there are no Apple Stores in Mississippi.Thirty-seven out of our fifty United States have at least one Apple Store. Perhaps that's because California is hogging them all, topping the list with thirty-eight.
If any TUAW readers in the Jackson, MS area spot some suspicious construction, snap a photo and let us know. Here's hoping your store opens soon.
Thanks, Gary!
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3-18-2008 @ 2:10PM
Eddie said...
I live in Ridgeland, MS (the true location of the rumored Apple Store). I have noticed that you can apply for positions at this location on the Apple website under job openings. (http://apple.com/jobs) I live about 3 min. away from the supposed site. I will take any snapshots if I find anything interesting going on.
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3-18-2008 @ 3:06PM
rockWELL said...
Yeah, i live in Jackson, MS. I think they are probably building it out in the new parkway out in Ridgeland, MS. That would be my best bet.
3-18-2008 @ 2:43PM
neodymium said...
can you guys cut it out with the retail stuff? this is like the least interesting blog posting i have ever seen.
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3-18-2008 @ 4:39PM
Kyle Derouen said...
Um, this is actually interesting to some of us TUAW readers, especially those of us (including myself) that live in Mississippi.
The closest Apple store is currently about 5 hours away from me. This is GREAT news :)
3-18-2008 @ 2:47PM
David said...
I've heard rumor of a new Apple store in North County San Diego (Carlsbad, to be exact). Sweet for me since the closest one is 45 minutes away right now. Woohoo!
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3-18-2008 @ 2:53PM
rob said...
I'll just point out that there were job postings for a new store that was supposed to be in Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, VA. That was in late 2006, and the store is nowhere to be seen. I wouldn't bother with these, they don't seem to mean much.
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3-18-2008 @ 3:01PM
Matt D. said...
Not true. In January 08' a standard empty store cover over the huge furniture store in Fair Oaks now boasts a giant Apple and www.apple.com. Also the upstairs huge old furniture store is covered too.
3-18-2008 @ 3:19PM
rob said...
I stand corrected, thanks for the update. Still, it was well over a year after the job opening was posted.
3-18-2008 @ 3:22PM
Lucas said...
If you look at the listings it says specifically Jackson, ms Renaissance at Colony Park. Which is the brand new outdoor mall going in right at the Ridgeland / Old Agency exit in between Highland colony and I-55. I have not seen anything yet, but this has me excited that maybe we will see one soon.
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3-18-2008 @ 3:30PM
cylonite said...
"Thirty-seven out of our fifty United States have at least one Apple Store. Perhaps that's because California is hogging them all, topping the list with thirty-eight."
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WTF does that mean?
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3-18-2008 @ 3:52PM
Zoli said...
I can't believe you guys still haven't posted about Safari 3.1
Recently you guys are really slow to report on any breaking news.... It's kinda sad.
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3-18-2008 @ 3:56PM
Zoli said...
Whoops... didn't see the post. hehe.
Still think TUAW could use a tune up!
3-18-2008 @ 3:59PM
Brian Allen said...
The Huntsville, Alabama store is scheduled to the end of May.
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3-18-2008 @ 5:31PM
jake Moore said...
Man, I sent you guys this story almost three weeks ago..
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3-18-2008 @ 6:50PM
Uncle Mac said...
@ neodymium Hey, the Baton Rouge, LA store was listed here among many others so what's the big deal? I have friends in Jackson, MS that are not Mac users yet but are interested and that's a huge help! I can tell them to hang in there so they can check 'em out w/o driving to another one far from home or a reseller. ;-)
@ cylonite I would assume that there are 38 Apple Stores in the state of California alone.
Personally, I think there should be at the very least one good sized Apple Store in every major city in the US and worldwide. To make that deal sweeter there should be one flagship store in every State of the US possibly in it's capital city or the largest metro area there. What about Mini Stores? They could easily fill out the rest of the nation since they're located in shopping malls where the general population nearby would be more than adequate to support it.
If Apple plans on using some of that cash on hand I'd recommend that they use it to expand their retail presence .
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3-19-2008 @ 12:15AM
Graham said...
I have family in Ridgeland, MS, and this has been rumored for months. A huge high-end shopping complex and outdoor mall has been in development for a few years out in Ridgeland, and the Apple store is likely to be located there. Hooray! MS may finally be getting its first Apple Store! Next, we need one in Tupelo, MS! A store in Tupelo would do very well as it's less than an hour away from the two largest universities in the state: Ole Miss & Missisippi State and it's also a very populated business area of Northeast Mississippi.
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3-19-2008 @ 1:38AM
Justin said...
I think california needs more stores.
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3-19-2008 @ 10:07AM
Errol Sayre said...
From what I've heard from a local (I live closer to Memphis than Jackson), the Apple store is supposed to be coming to the new Renaissance community/shopping villa.
http://www.renaissanceatcolonypark.com/
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3-19-2008 @ 10:16AM
Bob said...
Finally, an Apple store in MS! Too bad it's not down on the coast: Apple needs to make a store on the Mississippi or Alabama coastline. The new Baton Rouge, LA store is a little too far away.
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3-19-2008 @ 10:40AM
Matthew Glover said...
Just so you guys know, we *do* have an Apple retailer in the Jackson area already: http://www.userfriendlyjackson.com/
It's not an Apple Store, but it's certainly an Apple store. I'm thrilled that we may get the real deal, I just hope that it doesn't kill off business for User Friendly. They're nice folks.
Oh, and according to the employees at both Best Buy locations, they'll be getting Apple stuff aaaaaaany time now. They've been saying that for a couple of months, but as yet, all you can find there are Apple keyboards and mice.
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