Apple’s flagship Champs-Elysees retailer will stay closed Saturday as the corporate suspends retail operations throughout Paris forward of deliberate protests.
Apple will shut seven French shops on Saturday, October 24, as Paris prepares for additional protests following final weekend’s violence. The closures embody all three Apple shops inside the French capital, whereas buying heart areas round Paris are anticipated to stay open.
The Paris closures have an effect on Apple Champs-Elysees, Apple Opera, and Apple Marche Saint-Germain. All three shops will reopen Sunday with restricted hours, from midday till 6 p.m.
4 areas exterior Paris may also shut Saturday, in accordance with WWD, which didn’t determine these shops.
Authorities have banned gatherings close to the Champs-Elysees and rejected a proposed protest route from Place de la Republique towards Opera. France plans to deploy round 70,000 police and gendarmes nationwide Saturday; 28 Paris metro stations will shut at 9:00am.
Looters usually goal high-value shops akin to Apple, hoping to seize armfuls of electronics to resell. But a would-be thief cannot do a lot with an iPhone lifted from a retailer earlier than buy.
Demo items will mechanically brick themselves as soon as they’re faraway from a retailer.
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— Dybala (@Lajoyaaa26) October 18, 2026
Models stolen from Apple Lille displayed the warning above, which interprets to, “Please return the machine to Apple Lille. This machine has been disabled and is being tracked. Native authorities shall be alerted.”
The October 17 demonstrations escalated into rioting and looting, damaging retailers close to Place de la Republique. As famous by the BBC, most protests started peacefully, expressing opposition to rising gasoline costs, value of dwelling, and deteriorating public companies.
