Apple Closed Three U.S. Stores on June 20, Including Its Unionized Towson Location
Apple closed three U.S. retail stores on June 20 after citing deteriorating conditions at their malls. One of them, Towson Town Center in Maryland, was the first Apple Store in the country to unionize.
Update, July 20, 2026: all three stores closed on June 20, as Apple later confirmed.
Apple permanently closed Apple Trumbull in Connecticut, Apple North County in California, and Apple Towson Town Center in Maryland on June 20. When it announced the decision, the company pointed to the departure of other retailers and worsening conditions at the malls that hosted all three locations.
Towson made the decision more consequential than an ordinary retail reshuffle. Employees there became Apple’s first unionized retail workforce in the United States in 2022. Apple said workers at Trumbull and North County would continue their roles at nearby stores, while Towson employees would be eligible to apply for open jobs under the collective bargaining agreement.
That distinction led the union to treat the closure as more than a real-estate story. IAM CORE said it was outraged and argued that Apple was denying an organized store the relocation treatment offered elsewhere. Apple did not accept that interpretation and framed the move as a response to declining mall conditions, not as a judgment on organized labor.
The closures are now complete, but the prudent conclusion remains narrower than either side’s rhetoric. The public record establishes both the malls’ difficulties and Towson’s special labor status; it does not by itself prove whether the decision was purely about property or also served a broader labor purpose.