The Mac News Network Web site explains why B.Mac in Montreal is shutting down three of its four stores–"poor worldwide Mac sales and a low percentage of the overall PC market."

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Thanks to Thomas who points out three more Apple Centres in Italy, including one in Rome, Milan and another in Rome.

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Apple has formally announced that the Country Club Plaza (Mo.) and Stonestown (N. Calif.) retail stores will open this Saturday.

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As for the Christiana store, training will begin shortly and the store seems destined for an Oct. 16th grand opening.

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The Birmingham store I revealed Saturday will open "in early 2005," according to the recruiting Web page that Apple has now posted.

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My confusion over Apple’s mini-store plans may be spreading: The original tip described the stores as much smaller than the then-standard 3,000 and 4,000 square-foot prototypes, and completely different in design. So far, the only store that I know that qualifies is the Santa Rosa Plaza (N. Calif.) store. The current crop of stores that [...]

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Leander Kaheny writes on Wired.com that Apple’s San Francisco store has been "nightclub full" the last few weeks, and that people have been e-mailing him with reports that Genius Bar reservations are hard to come by. In fact, I was at SF myself on Saturday for Mac/Lisa guru Bill Atkinson’s presentation about his new book, [...]

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Thanks to Scott for the latest photo of the Country Club Plaza (Mo.) retail store, located in an old, historic, brick building that’s part of a long-time shopping district of the city.

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A tipster says the interior of the Regent Street (London) store is still pretty much empty, with only basic construction work going on inside–nothing Apple-specific was seen. But the scheduling of Apple Expo during Nov. 18-20 may not be a coincidence, since it coincides with my previous information of a Nov. 20th grand opening. Thanks [...]

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I’m receiving mixed messages on the future of stores in the UK: Apple is definitely opening a London store, will soon begin recruiting employees for a Birmingham store, and is looking for a proper space in Manchester. However, I’m also hearing that Apple is cautious about opening stores beyond London, and wants to gain [...]

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The Alderwood Mall (Wash.) will open Nov. 4th, and the associated Apple retail store will reportedly open the same day. Interestingly, the first 2,500 persons into the mall will receive a "fashionable tote bag" containing products from 15 of the mall’s stores. No word on whether Apple contributed to this gift bag!

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The first person in line for the Stoneridge Mall (N. Calif.) Apple store arrived at 6:15 a.m., and as I write this from my laptop in front of the store at 8:30 a.m., there are now about 25 people in line. The store is about 22 feet wide and 60 feet deep, or about 1,440 [...]

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I’m speeding northward on the M40 headed for Oxford, but can’t really figure out how fast I’m going since this Vauxhall’s speedometer isn’t working…darn! But zipping past towns like Aston Rowant and Tetsworth, I can only hunger to see what’s further north. So I bypass Oxford and head for Fewcott, right past Hockley Heath and [...]

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Watch a video of the Stoneridge (N. Calif.) retail store.

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Yes, the new iMac G5 computers have arrived at Apple’s retail stores (right), and they appeared first at the rear of the "home" section.

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When I first created this Web site I included some personal details in the "About" section. Then I read a Mac forum posting that scoffed, "a rumor site with an ‘About’ page–how uncool!" So I edited down the page a bit. But in response to a couple of requests, I’ve added in some additional details–hey, [...]

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The Stanford Shopping Center (N. Calif.) store is nearly finished, a tipster reports, and should be ready for a Sept. 25th grand opening.

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Up until today there’s been only speculation on what Apple’s future mini-stores will look like inside. Now I can tell you that the interior design will feature the familiar stainless steel finish usually reserved for the stores’ exterior walls. There will be shelving and a rear counter of blond wood, back-lit wall displays [...]

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Don’t be fooled by the 48-foot wide black wooden barricade in front of the future Stonestown (N. Calif.) Apple store–it’s not going to be that wide. Apple will occupy only the left-most 30 feet of the former Victoria’s Secret space, with an unknown other tenant in the other space.

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The new iMac G5 computers should be arriving at all retail stores very soon. [And they've arrived at most store today.]

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