Hi Kingtup, thanks for your post!
Are you getting your info from the number of stores on APT's USA website? If so, I'd be cautious of this because while they may be new to the website, they are probably part of the larger "contracted" pool of retailers of which as of last update there were 1,700 retailers contracted but only 1,150 of them were live. Given there are only ~800 on the website now, it would still be those 1,150 coming onto the website and not even part of the other 650. If however you're getting your data from somewhere else and the 144 you are talking about is on top of the 1,700 please do share!!
