Various Web sites are reporting on the San Francisco store’s press event, during which senior vice-president of Retail Ron Johnson said the store will have 70 employees, speaking 15 languages–"One language they all speak is Windows." Apple is apparently calling the "gift bag" the "Lucky Bag," and it will be worth between $600 and $1,000. Johnson also revealed one additional detail about store operations: early in its retail history, Apple had store employees log every question they were asked by store visitors, but later dropped the activity when they learned it took too much time away from helping customers.
Various Web sites are reporting on the San Francisco store’s press event, during which senior vice-president of Retail Ron Johnson said the store will have 70 employees, speaking 15 languages–"One language they all speak is Windows." Apple is apparently calling the "gift bag" the "Lucky Bag," and it will be worth between $600 and $1,000. Johnson also revealed one additional detail about store operations: early in its retail history, Apple had store employees log every question they were asked by store visitors, but later dropped the activity when they learned it took too much time away from helping customers.
Apple has posted a very nice gallery of photos showing the interior of the new San Francisco Apple store. The photos show the new seat style for the theater (just like Ginza), a new desk style for the "kids" section (wood/square instead of Corian/round), the glass stairway, and the view upward through the second floor skylight.
Apple has posted a very nice gallery of photos showing the interior of the new San Francisco Apple store. The photos show the new seat style for the theater (just like Ginza), a new desk style for the "kids" section (wood/square instead of Corian/round), the glass stairway, and the view upward through the second floor skylight.
I took some night photos of the San Francisco Apple store–they don’t look anything like Apple’s own photo! The store is still surrounded by a fence to protect the new sidewalk, the front window is covered with black plastic, and workers were still very busy at 11 p.m. Tues. night.
I took some night photos of the San Francisco Apple store–they don’t look anything like Apple’s own photo! The store is still surrounded by a fence to protect the new sidewalk, the front window is covered with black plastic, and workers were still very busy at 11 p.m. Tues. night.
Ouch! The AppleInsider has a new inside source, who is telling the Web site that Apple has specific plans to open a second San Francisco store, and at least two stores in Canada.
Ouch! The AppleInsider has a new inside source, who is telling the Web site that Apple has specific plans to open a second San Francisco store, and at least two stores in Canada.
Apple has sent promotional e-mail to various .Mac and other customers about the San Francisco grand opening. The e-mail mentions, "200 gift bags that include over $600 worth of Apple products for $249." Sounds like an odd (and unnecessary) way of pumping up grand opening excitement—but a deal is a deal. The e-mail also includes a larger version of the photo rendering of the store, a view of the Genius Bar, and a reminder that there will be 2,500 commemorative T-shirts instead of the usual 1,000. I’ve been told the photo rendering was created many months ago as part of the architectural visualization process.
Apple has sent promotional e-mail to various .Mac and other customers about the San Francisco grand opening. The e-mail mentions, "200 gift bags that include over $600 worth of Apple products for $249." Sounds like an odd (and unnecessary) way of pumping up grand opening excitement—but a deal is a deal. The e-mail also includes a larger version of the photo rendering of the store, a view of the Genius Bar, and a reminder that there will be 2,500 commemorative T-shirts instead of the usual 1,000. I’ve been told the photo rendering was created many months ago as part of the architectural visualization process.
A MacObserver article discusses local San Francisco TV coverage of a lawsuit against Apple by former resellers Elite Computers and MacAdam. KGO-TV’s story had interviews with the owners of the stores, saying that after Apple opens a local store of their own, other resellers were squeezed out of business.
At today’s Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium in Phoenix, Apple’s chief financial officer Fred Anderson commented on many aspects of Apple, including the retail stores. He said Apple was sizing retail stores larger during the first year (7,000 square-feet vs. 4,000), and opined that, if they had to do it over, they would have built smaller stores in that first year. He added there are no existing stores the company intends to move, close or otherwise change. Read more details here….
At today’s Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium in Phoenix, Apple’s chief financial officer Fred Anderson commented on many aspects of Apple, including the retail stores. He said Apple was sizing retail stores larger during the first year (7,000 square-feet vs. 4,000), and opined that, if they had to do it over, they would have built smaller stores in that first year. He added there are no existing stores the company intends to move, close or otherwise change. Read more details here….
A MacObserver article discusses local San Francisco TV coverage of a lawsuit against Apple by former resellers Elite Computers and MacAdam. KGO-TV’s story had interviews with the owners of the stores, saying that after Apple opens a local store of their own, other resellers were squeezed out of business.
I have updated information on the Barton Creek (Tex.) store… it will be located in the "R" section of the Austin mall, in space #8 on the upper level, in a space formerly occupied by Fast Forward.