A job listing for a Mac Specialist at the San Francisco store has a modified job title–"Visual Coordinator" has been appended to the title. Apparently this is a new variation on Mac Specialist, who is responsible for the proper placement of items within the store, including product brochures and wall graphics.

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The Rosedale Center (Minn.) retail store will open Saturday, July 24th at 10 a.m. It will be store #81. The store’s new Web page mentions the 1,000 grand opening T-shirts, and shows a small photo of a white shirt with blue Apple logo. Interestingly, the most recent grand opening at Barton Creek (Tex.) featured a [...]

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Someone is auctioning a Palo Alto and Valley Fair grand opening T-shirt on eBay, both with a starting price of $99, and a "Buy It Now" price of $250. The same person is selling a grand opening T-shirt in a tube with no visible name for the same prices. The listing notes, "Financing available," with [...]

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Thanks to the several tipsters who noted the eBay sale of an Ala Moana grand opening T-shirt for $162.50, setting another record high price. The collector "sfingold" was the winning bidder. It was item #5107232638.

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Apple’s new Airport Express gadget is now in retail stores, paired with Monster cables.

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A space at Century City (S. Calif.) now has a sign with an Apple logo and "Coming December 2004" painted on it.

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The retail stores have a limited supply of the new 20" and 23" Cinema displays, but the larger 30" screen and the 2.5 GHz G5 desktops are still at least two weeks away. The computers and new displays are promoted with a new 8-panel fold-out brochure at the retail stores. Flipped one way it looks [...]

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Thanks to Jason for pointing out the exact location of the future Stoneridge (N. Calif.) store–it will be to the left of the Hollister Store on the ground level, in the space formerly occupied by "A Bear Is Born." Renovation has begun on the space.

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An on-line Roger Ebert review of the Will Smith movie "I, Robot" includes a notation that Ebert will be at the North Michigan Avenue Apple store this Wednesday at 6 p.m. to give a talk about, "making ultra-low-budget movies on the Macintosh."

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The latest edition of individual store event brochures has a map and list of stores on the back. Well, several new locations are listed with the notation "Stores opening in 2004," including Danbury Fair Mall and Shadyside. It’s unusual for Apple to acknowledge new stores before the grand opening announcement about 10 days before the [...]

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Apple has installed in-store paging systems at the Genius Bars of some stores, allowing waiting customers to make a reservation, then wander off and be alerted when a Genius is ready to help them. The NTN pagers are much more elegant than those huge, round models with flashing LEDs that restaurants use. Apple is not [...]

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Apple certainly faces some challenges in finding a proper location for a Champs Elysées (Paris) retail store–the best location, a sufficiently wide space, and a building that can be renovated or re-built to support a multi-story outlet. Read my on-location scouting report and review photos of other stores on the avenue!

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Just up the corner from my London B&B, I tanked down a pint with some nice working class guys who spend their time hanging out in SoHo/London. Seems they know a lot more than just driving a truck–one even has an iPod! They say the timing of my Regent Street visit couldn’t have been worse– [...]

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The Country Club Plaza (Iowa) Web site confirms that an Apple store is "coming soon," adding that it will be located by the Ann Taylor store on Broadway.

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AppleInsider is reporting more information about the future Century City (S. Calif.) retail store.

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