A MacCentral article notes that UK Apple sales are up 27% on a yearly basis, based on figures from analysts at IDC. Not mentioned in the article is Apple’s retail initiative, which may have had some effect on the sales.

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I’ve posted an H.264 version of the Walnut Creek (N Calif.) Tiger event video, which is larger and better quality, and is a smaller file than the mpeg4 version–love that QT7!

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The Century City (S. Calif.) retail store should hold its grand opening about May 28th (later determined to be June 4th).

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The BBC posted a story about the Regent Street (London) Tiger event, and it includes a video that shows the Friday evening crowd that lined up before the event.

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The AppleInsider Web site has some photos of the remodeled General Motors building lower plaza, a part of which will become the future Mid-Town (NYC) Apple store.

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Uncharacteristically, the interior of the future Yorkdale (Canada) was in full view of the public the other night, permitting passersby to snap some photos that show the standard Apple interior, and a stainless steel façade. Check this forum page, then also check page 15.

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Smaller than a mini-store and cheaper to operate! Vending machines by Zoom Systems have appeared at San Francisco, Atlanta and 10 other airports, dispensing all three iPod models and other merchandise. Zoom Systems founder Gower Smith operated an authorized Apple store in Australia before coming to the U.S. in 2000, which probably explains why he [...]

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The future Bluewater (Kent, UK) retail store is under construction, and behind an iPod-themed plywood barricade. It’s reportedly set for a July grand opening.

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The Shinsaibashi (Osaka) retail store had quite an event for the OS 10.4 Tiger launch, including a waiting line that looked very similar to the store’s grand opening last November!

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The SoHo (NYC) store calendar is chock-full of interesting presentations, including filmmakers Joel and Ethan Cohen, who appear Tuesday, May 10th to discuss digital editing, and author Steven Johnson about his latest book. They just held a huge session for bloggers that generated lots of…well, blogs.

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I’ve posted a video of the Walnut Creek (N. Calif.) Tiger event, complete with Tiger!

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As a special Tiger treat, Jim has passed along this video of the Tiger event at MacOutfitters in Doylestown (Penn.). Not only is it widescreen and large-format, it’s also in H.264 format–which requires Quicktime 7, available in OS 10.4.

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As forecast by job listings and other tips, the SoHo (NYC) store now offers same-day (in by 8 a.m., out by 6 p.m.) repair service on certain Apple products. To accomplish this, effective May 1st the Genius Bar is open from 6 a.m. to midnight on Monday-Saturday. Laptops, monitors and other unspecified gear is [...]

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il lancio di Tiger a Milano! Yes, there were OS 10.4 launches in other countries. Thanks to the Macitynet Web site for photos and coverage of several events in Milano (Italy). Check the photo half-way down–two store employees wearing black T-shirts with white lettering, "Steve Jobs - Sindaco." Translation: "Steve Jobs for Mayor."

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A Fortune magazine article said that 2,000 persons visited the SoHo (NYC) retail store within the first two hours of the Tiger event.

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