Apple Will Close Its First Unionized Retail Location in the US

Apple Inc. is closing its retail store in Towson, Maryland — a location that drew national attention in recent years as the center of a rare unionization effort by the iPhone maker’s employees.

The company said Thursday that the store, located at Towson Town Center mall, will permanently shut down in June and will not be replaced. Apple said in a statement that the closure is due to the “departure of several retailers and declining conditions” at the mall and called it a “difficult decision.”