January 18th, 2005

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The grand opening date of the Nagoya Sakae (Japan) store–Jan. 22nd –has been posted on Apple’s Japanese language Web page, but (as of 3 a.m.) isn’t mentioned on either the English language version of the store page, or Apple’s main Retail page. The grand opening event includes T-shirts for the first 1,500 persons, a [...]

January 18th, 2005

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All retail stores in the United States will open one hour early this Saturday for the introduction of iLife ‘05, the Mac mini and iWork.

January 18th, 2005

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Apple has realigned its Wednesday marketing focus by changing it from "Pro Day" to "Business Day." In e-mail to registered users, Apple says the change was "in response to your feedback," and will include the "same popular features and support to help you get ahead in business." There will be a different business topic each [...]

January 17th, 2005

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The Genius Bars have become very busy locations for the retail stores, and not just from people walking in with problems. Apple’s challenge is now how to recruit, train, manage and administer this increasingly important location. Besides walk-up questions, the counter hosts trouble-shooting conferences with customers, minor repairs, system set-up and many other situations. Over [...]

January 14th, 2005

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Apple resellers from Australia provided remarks for an on-line story about December retailing, saying it was good, particularly iPods.

January 14th, 2005

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The protective material has been removed from the front of the Nagoya (Japan) retail store, finally revealing the famous back-lit Apple logo. The store opens on January 22nd at 10 a.m.

January 14th, 2005

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Various sources say that the Union Square (SF) retail store sold 2,000 iPod shuffle devices on the day it was introduced, with one person buying 24 at once.

January 13th, 2005

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If your city or town isn’t on the list of future Apple retail store sites, how about buying your own store? A flyer circulated at the Mac Expo offered an Apple reseller operation in Las Vegas, "for the ridiculously low price of $186,000," including inventory. The flyer claims it has a "good" profit margin, good [...]

January 13th, 2005

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Surfers unite! Now you won’t have to trudge all the way to Santa Monica in your wet baggies dragging your board. Simply head over to the Manhattan Village in Manhattan Beach, where a new Apple store should open some time this summer. The city is among the LA area’s Top 10 wealthiest communities, so the [...]

Bridgeport Village Jobs Listed

January 13th, 2005

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Apple’s job listings now confirm the Bridgeport Village (Ore.) store I revealed on Monday.

January 12th, 2005

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Apple will have 125 retail stores open by the end of fiscal 2005, with 10 of those outside the United States, according to CFO Peter Oppenheimer during today’s financial conference call. He confirmed a future store in Canada, and said other international stores will open in the UK and Japan. That means the company [...]

January 12th, 2005

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Overall, the company posted revenues of $3.49 billion (up 74% from Q1 2004) and profit was $295 million (up 368%)–the highest figures in Apple’s history.

January 12th, 2005

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In other Retail segment news: Retail segment sales were $561 million for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2005, up 49% from the previous quarter, and up a whopping 105% from the same quarter of 2004. The Retail segment turned in its sixth-straight profitable quarter: $45 million, or about 8% of the company’s total profit.

January 12th, 2005

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There were 10.7 million visitors to the stores during the quarter, and 450,000 visitors to the Regent Street store during its first seven weeks of operation. So-called "new-to-Mac" store sales remained within the low to mid-40% range, which Oppenheimer called a "very positive sign." He said that sales at the mini-stores and Regent Street (London) [...]

January 12th, 2005

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Mac Expo — The Union Square (SF) store was the first to display the new iPod Shuffle, since they were just two blocks from the Mac Expo where the devices were introduced by Steve Jobs during today’s keynote. The Shuffles were displayed in the "music" section, on a table, and set into a notch in [...]

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