Still another store location has appeared on Apple’s "Jobs" Web page, this time for Bethesda Row, a large shopping district that is not far from the existing Montgomery Mall retail store that opened May 8th.

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A story on the Vunet.com Web site "confirms" that the Regent Street store will open this calendar year, a fact I’ve been reporting since April.

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Thanks to Mikael for photos taken on Sunday of the Shinsaibashi store, showing the partially-revealed storefront. He also snapped a photo of a blueprint-type diagram of the store that’s on display, showing an unidentified circular feature inside the store!

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Apple has a full schedule of events leading up to the grand opening of the Shinsaibashi store, including a family and friends of staff reception, and a briefing for the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan by Steve. In this case, "Steve" is Steve Cano, the regional director for retail in Japan, since Steve Jobs [...]

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At last! Some west coast Apple stores have received limited stocks of 2.5 GHz G5 desktops, creating a dilemma for the staffs. Should they put the units on display to drum up business, or start selling them immediately? I’m guessing the supply won’t last long.

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Yes, ifoAppleStore will be at the grand opening of the Shinsaibashi (Osaka) retail store! I’ll be heading to Japan on Tuesday (losing a day in transit), and will post photos and video of the store shortly after I arrive. I’ll then be posting photos and videos of the waiting line and grand opening itself. The [...]

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I’m learning more about Apple’s experience from the Ginza store, including that within a month it became the highest volume retailer in Japan, beating out Yodobashi, a giant camera and electronics retailer in the Shinjuku district. Apple expanded the training space for paid classes because of high demand, but at the same time dropped their [...]

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In contrast to the grand opening of the Ginza store where no one was reluctant to dash into the store, a Wired news story says those first-in-line for the iPod Mini event didn’t want their photos taken by 40+ members of the press waiting inside. It took some negotiations to coax them inside!

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I mentioned Bill Palmer’s experience at the Millenia (Orlando) store post-Hurricane Charley, and now he’s posted another story about the store, and how it’s an easy place to hang out with a laptop. His experience is in line with the official philosophy of the stores that’s been explained before.

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You may not have noticed it, but Apple’s stores have small signs related to their accommodation policy, which is that with notice, Apple will provide assistance customers. The sign doesn’t mention what type of assistance, but apparently it applies particularly to those who are deaf or blind.

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Thanks to Tom Hutchinson for the new photo of the Shadyside (Pittsburgh) store construction. You can see that the furniture has been installed, yet the exterior siding is still missing, including the backlit Apple logo. The store is one of two stores that Apple has publicly identified on the back of store calendars as opening [...]

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A job recruiting page has appeared on Apple’s Japanese Web site for the Nagoya store.

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Job openings have also appeared on Apple’s Web site for the Lincoln Road (Miami Beach) and St. Louis Galleria (Mo.) future store locations.

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My drinking buddies back in London continue to unveil additional details about the Regent Street (London) retail store–including the biggest news of all. The store’s grand opening will be November 20th! The manager is Josh from the Third Street Promenade (Santa Monica, S. Calif.) store, and he brought video of the San Francisco store’s [...]

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One of the most common questions I receive is how Apple selects its store locations. Obviously, the details are not public, but I’ve put together some information based on what I’ve learned over the past year. Now, with many metro areas served by a store, the locations are becoming harder to predict.

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