Thanks to Blair for a report and photos on the future Danbury Fair Mall (Conn.) store, which has white plywood covering it now, with a fashionable grey Apple logo. The store will reportedly open October 10th.

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At the end of May I mentioned three new Denmark Apple Centres… now the Copenhagen store has opened, and they mark the new look for European small Centres: white interior, wood floors, wall graphics and other Apple-like features. Check this photo collection of the grand opening, which interestingly includes an AirPort Express device connected to [...]

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My best wishes to everyone in Florida who took a hit over the weekend from Hurricane Charley, including the Apple stores, which apparently all survived. In fact, Mac user Bill Palmer has a write-up about visiting the Millenia (Orlando) store, and helping a Windows user get on-line with the store’s AirPort network.

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Kudos to the crew of AppleTurns, who have posted a story about their tour of all three Massachusetts Apple stores during last Saturday’s 24-hour no-tax day, and their delivery of chocolate chip pancake cookies to the store staffs. Pretty wild! The story states that Apple flew in employees from Pennsylvania to insure sufficient staffing for [...]

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You recall the Southpoint (NC) grand opening T-shirt that sold on eBay for a record-setting $200 recently? Well, now someone else has posted a Southpoint T-shirt for sale with a $10 starting bid– and a hope that it goes higher!

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There is a long list of stores on the "Jobs" Web page advertising for part-time Mac Specialist positions… it seems more than usual. Is it related to the upcoming post-Thanksgiving, holiday selling season? There are also two new job openings at Apple’s Bunnik, The Netherlands office for retail support personnel. See the list of administrative [...]

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Even if you take that strange elevator to the top of the St. Louis Arch, you can’t see as far as the Saint Louis Galleria, 8 miles away. You’d have a better chance from Washington University, just 2 miles away. Which is maybe why Apple will open a new retail store in the mall, [...]

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And speaking of new stores, how about one along a very famous shopping district in Miami Beach called Lincoln Road? Yes, among gallerias, theaters and other artsy stores, an Apple retail store will bloom next year. The street has an interesting retail history.

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Meanwhile, Apple continues to work on its Japan retail chain, with the construction of a third store, this time in Nagoya, about half-way between the Ginza and Shinsaibashi retail stores. The future store is near the 13-story Takashimaya Department Store, near the JR train station. Tipsters believe it will open sometime in the first [...]

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Still more international store news on this very busy day: a story by the "Taiwan Economic News" claims Apple has, "announced that it would set up a flagship store and two franchised shops in downtown Taipei," and will sell iPods through local 7-Eleven stores.

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Another grand opening T-shirt has sold for $200 on eBay, apparently the result of continued interest by shirt collectors.

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The Mac OS X Rumors Web site has the story of an Athens Olympic Games tourist reporting on Apple stores there, including the Apple Demo Centre– it looks like a mini-store!

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As I head home from Montreal, I recall that this week marks the one-year anniversary of the ifoAppleStore Web site. It started with some great overnight grand opening events, and progressed to just a collection of information. Now it’s the best source of news and information about Apple’s retail stores–and it continues to grow. I’m [...]

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The Shinsaibashi (Osaka) retail store will open at 10 a.m. on Sat., Aug. 28th, with commemorative T-shirts to the first 1,500 persons. In line with the Japanese tradition and Apple’s San Francisco grand opening, there will be 250 "Lucky Bags" for sale at 30,000 yen ($271), and some will contain a "special" item. The store’s [...]

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Here’s another view of the Shinsaibashi retail store, in a video take-off of the "Wild Postings" iPod/iTunes TV commercial.

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