Another California Valley Store ID’d

For several years California’s agriculturally-oriented Central Valley was served by just a single store in Sacramento, but that ended with the grand opening of the Fashion Fair (Fresno) store in June, 2007. Now Apple plans to open another store to serve the valley at the Vintage Faire Mall in Modesto (N. Calif.), about halfway between the two existing stores. The city has a metro population of nearly 450,000, and the 1 million square-foot mall operated by Macerich draws shoppers from a wide area to the its 165 shops. The store will open in early 2009.