At the San Francisco (N. Calif.) store, Splendora hosted a scavenger hunt on July 19th as part of the "Friday for Play" events. They gave away 1,000 iTunes songs and several iPod minis during the event. Splendora, a lifestyle and shopping Web site, has posted photos of the event.

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The grand opening of Annapolis Mall (Md.) retail store will be August 27th, according to a tipster.

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The North Michigan Avenue (Chicago) store invites you to a party every Friday night, with pro DJ Jamie Black, who uses his PowerBook and iPods to mix music over the store’s audio system. Even better, "Show the world you’ve got DJ skills. Bring in your iPod and we’ll connect it to our sound system and [...]

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Ha! The Macintosh Digital Hub Web site notes the Dell laptop user who frequents the the San Francisco (N. Calif.) retail store’s theater to play on-line video poker. The Cult of Mac has noted the woman’s presence on other occasions. Ah, the easy life!

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Thanks to John for photos of the Eastview (NY) store grand opening. Also take a look his photo of the new front window display that gives the appearance of a huge bookshelf. Interestingly, bookshelf is visible from the outside and inside. Also thanks to Larry for his collection of photos of the event. He says [...]

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Apple has posted the job position of Testing Coordinator of Store Operations and Communications, who is responsible for user acceptance testing for a wide variety of computer systems used by the retail stores.

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A rare Apple retail store window display is now up for grabs on eBay, and jericon plans to use the proceeds to help fund his college education. The 5-foot long piece came from an OS X window display, and represents the folder window menu.

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Apple announced the July 30th grand opening of The Woodlands (Tex.) retail store.

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The AppleInsider Web site says Apple has forged a deal with Radio Shack to carry iPods, and may consider an expansion of the agreement to include Macintosh computers.

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Apple announced the July 30th grand opening of the Manhattan Village (S. Calif.) retail store.

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A sign has appeared at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront mall in Cape Town (S. Africa) announcing an Apple Centre opening soon.

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Finally…some movement on the future South Shore Plaza (Mass.) retail store, which started recruiting over a year ago, but was stalled over the 2004 holidays for an unknown reason. Now the project is all hot, and the store should open August 6th.

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Tech writer Kevin Schmitt wrote a piece back in 2001 about his first visit to an Apple retail store, finding the mall nearly empty but the Tyson’s Corner (Virg.) store really hopping. He reveals an acerbic view of Mac resellers (ouch!) and some humorous rumors he’d heard about Apple stores. He also walked out with [...]

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Whoa! Anyone else come back from Apple Camp without the traditional wild-color T-shirt? At least one store ended up with mis-printed shirts and had to send some sad-faced kids away without the freebie. Was it "Appl Campe"?

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Tech guru and Mac writer Ted Landau dropped his original edition Cinema Display off the table, breaking off the plastic leg. Now he writes about his attempt to have it replaced at the Bay Street (N. Calif.) Apple retail store, but ending up in a Berkeley gray marketer for a cheaper fix. His tale is [...]

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I can’t keep up with the changes: now The Woodlands (Tex.) mall Web site shows a July 30th grand opening date for the new Apple retail store, a week later than it reported last week.

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And thanks to Janet for the report and photos of the Pioneer Place store, who said the waiting line was stoked with Portland Macintosh Users Group members, and the nearby Borders Books store had the new Harry Potter for those who wanted to pass the time.

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Thanks to Brian for the Northbook (Ill.) store grand opening photos. He was first in line at 5:55 a.m. and noted there was still a line 45 minutes after the store opened. Notice the double-width Genius Bar with 4 status screens–usually there are only two screens.

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Thanks to Merritt for the Pioneer Place (Ore.) store grand opening photos. He and Larry arrived at 6 a.m. to be first in line. He says the store is the standard "small" design, in a very nice mall, and that the employees were "really friendly."

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Just one year after taking the job, Retail segment vice-president and COO Bridget Ryan Berman has resigned under amicable conditions. As I reported last year, Ms. Ryan Berman was a 12-year veteran of Polo Ralph Lauren Corp., serving as president of their retail group before taking the Apple job. She had been working from the [...]

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