If you’re about the new-style “Main Street” malls where Apple likes to locate, here are some photos of the Easton Town Center, where Apple has a store. The flickr album of Tatlana Mik shows side streets, storefronts and parking that create the look-and-feel of the 1958 set of “Back to the Future.” Check the trio [...]

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A Philadelphia blogger not only rants about the lack of an Apple store in the city, but has some constructive suggestions for locations and architects.

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The Apple reseller Mac@Work is working furiously to finish the Torino (Italy) branch of its Apple Center in time for the XX Olympic Winter Games. Store staffer Aldo has shaved an Apple logo into the back of his head, while furniture, wood flooring and other fixtures are being installed. The store’s clever home page says, [...]

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The Garden State Plaza retail store will hold its grand opening this weekend, with the traditional sweepstakes and 1,000 commemorative T-shirts.

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A blogger claims that Genius bar staff are only interested in selling you an new iPod instead of fixing your old one. Ouch!

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Construction on the future General Motors Plaza store in mid-Manhattan continues, including installation of the $9 million glass cube entrance to the underground store. I’ve collected history and information about the location, building and some additional photos and information about the store, whose grand opening should generate a huge grand opening queue later this spring. [...]

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Apple has finally broken its streak of opening new stores only in existing store regions, with plans to install a store at the MacArthur Center in downtown Norfolk (Virg.). The Taubman Properties mall is located just a short walk from the Elizabeth River and several major hotels. Up to now, the city has been the [...]

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A Londoner’s iPod died and he tells about his Regent Street experience of getting it exchanged. He even has a photo of the Genius!

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A Web story about a purported “robbery” of a Powerbook from an open Apple store turns out to be much thinner than it appears. First, the taking of any property from a store would be considered a “theft” and not a robbery. Second, the flickr page seems to suggest the store was in the United [...]

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The first store grand opening of 2006! Thanks to the World of Apple for the first photos of the Brent Cross (London) store grand opening, and a report. You can see the new window display that features the Intel iMac, and asks the question, “What’s an Intel chip doing in a Mac?” The photos also [...]

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The 2006 Olympic Winter Games are just two weeks away, so it’s appropriate to announce that Apple will open a retail store in Sapporo (Japan) where the 1972 Winter Games took place. A bookstore has abandoned space in the Maruzen Building near the Mitsukoshi and Parco department stores, and Apple will reportedly occupy the ground [...]

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The mysterious retail store plan for The Summit mall in Birmingham (Ala.) may be warming up after Apple re-approached mall management with an updated lease application. You’ll recall that the project was officially created as Project #005 back in 2001, but the mall was reportedly reluctant to allow a mere computer store into the upscale [...]

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Thanks for Kurt for the latest photos of the future Derby Street Shoppes (Mass.) store, showing scaffolding to assist in installing the stainless steel storefront panels.

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From the look of the store and the completion of employee training, it appears the grand opening of the Garden State Plaza (NJ) store is imminent.

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An investigation by Ben has revealed a possible location for the future Apple store within the huge Eaton Centre (Toronto) mall to open later this year. He notes a 12,000+ square-foot space on the third level next to the La Vie en Rose store. This photo has a partial view of the space (or check [...]

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As predicted, the Brent Cross (London) store will open Saturday the 28th, with the usual sweepstakes and commemorative T-shirts.

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(Rome) - There are no obvious signs of Apple’s future retail store in the city’s central shopping district, or out at the new Parco Leonardo shopping mall by the airport. The two locations have significant demographic and architectural differences, but both have appropriate spaces for either a highly-visible flagship store or a standard mall-sized store [...]

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No new store regions are targeted by Apple’s two latest retail store locations, in metro District of Columbia and Long Island (NY). The Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax (Virg.) is alongside I-66 with 180 shops and restaurants. The region around the mall has one of the highest household incomes I’ve identified for Apple’s retail stores–over [...]

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During today’s conference call with financial analysts, Apple chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer confirmed Steve Jobs’ announcement last week that the company’s retail stores generated $1.072 billion in revenues for the first fiscal quarter of 2006, which included the busy holiday shopping season. The stores generated a profit of $90 million for the quarter, compared [...]

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The ThinkSecret Web site reports that construction at the Regent Street (UK) store to create more product floor space and a larger theater.

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