Apple stores can be found all around the world. This is only true if you consider "the world" to mean the US (~2/3 of all Apple stores) and a handful of major

Apple stores can be found all around the world. This is only true if you consider "the world" to mean the US (~2/3 of all Apple stores) and a handful of major cities in each of just 12 other countries [1]. Most of Apple's sales and servicing are done through third-party retailers. There's zero incentive for Apple itself to get into the rental/servicing business. They can just churn out another 100 million iPods, iPhones and MacBooks every year, take their known profit margin and leave all of the low margin after sales to someone else. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Retail_Store http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Retail_Store