The aging, 28 year-old Kidd’s Hill Plaza in Raleigh (NC) will be renovated and renamed The Galleria of Crabtree Valley. The developer will add more retail space and even 680 apartments to the outdoor mall. But that’s really not the big news. They’ll also install a huge people-mover to link The Galleria with the [...]

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A Macworld article notes the one-year anniversary of the Ginza retail store, and reports on its success.

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omy has re-configured his Keynote slide presentation of Apple’s historical financial performance, including the Retail Segment.

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img src=”http://www.ifoapplestore.com/photos/hot.gif” width=”24″ height=”10″ border=”0″ align=”bottom”> Apple’s job listings page has confirmed Salt Lake City as a new store location, along with the first look at four other cities: San Antonio (Tex.), Grand Rapids (Mich.), Nashville (Tenn.) and Houston (Tex.). The official store numbers now top out at 132, with 16 store numbers as yet [...]

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Now that Apple has retail stores in three countries, I’ve seen lots of questions about their product pricing. So I’ve taken my whack at the subject, trying to make sense of the currency markets, shipping cost differences, and other variables. [I've also posted feedback received from people who have since read the rant.]

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Apple has rolled out new check-out counter configurations at some stores, constructed of black-faced wood, and incorporating several new features, including new thermal-printed, tape-like receipts rather than the full-page, watermarked paper receipts that were laser printed. The new counters also feature "in between" positions using Powerbooks, which presumably could come in handy during the busy [...]

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The Wysz has posted an amazing video of the overnight wait for the Bethesda Row (Md.) mini-store grand opening, including the store alarm that sounded all night, the early morning door repair, and an interview with the president of nearby reseller MacUpgrades!

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Yesterday marked China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, which drastically lowers the requirements for foreign retail investment. Almost every Chinese city is now open, tariffs are reduced, the minimum investment has been lowered, and partnerships with local businesses are no longer required. Retail sales in China have been increasing by at least 10% each [...]

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he long-known Pioneer Place (Portland) retail store has now reappeared on Apple’s job listings Web page. The location (R077) was planned way back, but has been on hold for some reason.

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Whoa! At midnight there were already three persons waiting in line on the sidewalk for the Bethesda Row (Md.) store grand opening at 10 a.m., under overcast skies and 50 F. temperatures. Wysz was first in line at 8:30 p.m. Friday night, and says it was a crazy overnight on the sidewalk. He’s posted a [...]

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As Apple points out on its Web site, there are now 100 retail stores open in the U.S., Japan and the UK!

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The future Gardens of the Palm Beaches (Fla.) retail store has been posted as an official job location, but no openings are listed. The store is official "R127," when the next-lowest number is R118. Does that indicate that Apple has planned at least six other stores in between? I’ll have to turn on my radar!

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If you’re not convinced that Apple’s focus is on the iPod these days, consider that they’ve reconfigured the ‘photo’ sections of at least some retail stores: computers and cameras are completely gone from the wall counter and adjacent display table, and now iPods are stacked up everywhere. The set-up matches a similar display of iPod [...]

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The hissing and puffing of steam locomotives has long since departed the impressive red-brick Union Pacific station on South Temple Street, and now the building houses a Virgin Megastore as part of The Gateway outdoor shopping mall. What other retailers might locate here on the west edge of downtown Salt Lake City? Finally, Apple [...]

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An on-line MacWorld UK poll found that 29% of respondents plan to visit Apple’s Regent Street store, but do not intend to actually shop there. Whoa! But then, the Web site notes, "a crazy 15 per cent say they will ‘move to London’ now (that) the store is there."

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Apple announced that the St. Louis Galleria (Mo.) retail store will hold its grand opening on Dec. 18th. It will be the 101st store to open.

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The AppleInsider Web site is reporting that Apple will open a retail store in the Gardens of the Palm Beaches (Fla.), with no specific opening date.

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A job recruiting page has appeared for the future Yorkdale (Ont.) retail store in Toronto.

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Thanks to Kyota for the photos of the Nagoya store, still under construction, but now sporting a giant iPod mural.

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Check the Regent Street grand opening page for new links of photos from the MacityNet Web site in Italy.

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