Thanks to Brandon for the video of the early Yorkdale (Toronto) waiting line, which totaled 21 persons at 2 a.m. The Mac enthusiasts were able to grab a mall door and string an extension cord from beneath a pay phone, then outside to supply power for their laptops and other gear as they spent the [...]

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I’ve added some additional Apple store post card photos from the flickr photo site, provided under the Creative Commons license provisions.
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Thanks to Brandon for the photo of the empty Lane Bryant store at the Penn Square (Okla.) mall, where an Apple store will occupy one-half of the space.
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Apparently the continuing crush of visitors to the Yorkdale store has prompted Apple to seek additional cashiers to process their purchases. There are two signs posted at the front of the store that say Apple is hiring–now.
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Apple is promoting triple-witching day with a Web box (right) showing a map of the three stores that will open June 4th.
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Did I miss that Apple gave away flashlights at the Ginza (Tokyo) retail store during the Tiger event? The freebie was intended to promote Spotlight.
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A new Studio section has opened at the North Michigan Avenue (Chicago) and San Francisco stores after some heavy-duty construction, and are being promoted in e-mail to Mac users with the tagline, "Your ideas. Our help." At the same time, however, the planned Studio at the upcoming Century City (S. Calif.) is on hold or [...]

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The Canadian Mac enthusiasm hasn’t tapered off after the grand opening of the Yorkdale (Toronto) store–today, one week after the opening, there was still a line down the inside of the mall to get into the store! That’s unprecedented…
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Two more June 4th grand openings have been announced: Bridgeport Village (Ore.) and Green Hills (Tenn.).
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There are additional details about the Core Group’s plans for retail expansion in South Africa, which is the is the second best performer within Apple’s European, Middle East and Africa region, according to the company.
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The construction barricade is up at the future Woodland Mall (Mich.) retail store….thanks, Katie!
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Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive visited the Regent Street (UK) Apple store on Tuesday. A visitor from France says he approached Jobs and congratulated him on the London store, adding, "I’m from France… you should open a store in Paris!" According to the person, Jobs replied, "We are…in 2007." Other tipsters are pointing to a [...]

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The Century City (S. Calif.) retail store will hold its grand opening on June 4th, with just 500 T-shirts handed out instead of the traditional 1,000.
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In August 1985 Apple withdrew from all business activity in South Africa, over a year before the U.S. Congress enacted the Comprehensive Antiapartheid Act, imposing trade and investment sanctions on the country. It wasn’t until President Bush lifted sanctions in 1991 that U.S. companies were legally able to reinvest in the country. Since 2001, [...]

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Now the Core Group will open its own retail Apple Centres in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Pretoria, at undisclosed locations. The stores will service an established and growing Macintosh user base, points out András Lengyel, which includes magazine publishers and other creative professions. In fact, South Africa is the second best performer within Apple’s European, [...]

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