From the monthly archives:
Thanks to Presta on the flickr photo site for the latest photo of construction progress at the Fifth Avenue (NYC) retail store. At this point, all the store construction is underneath the front plaza of the skyscraper shown in the photo. The only thing visible is a huge, black, wooden construction barricade that surrounds the glass cube which, in turn, encloses a staircase (glass & spiral) that leads down to the store.
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Apple has posted a revised listing for the position of Finance Manager, with this one focusing on “international revenue forecasting and reporting” for the stores outside the United States. Candidates must demonstrate the ability and willingness to, “discuss tough topics, articulate positions, think creatively to find solutions,” the job description states. Besides reporting on international store performance and developing forecasting models, the position will, “Mange and coordinate the expansion effort, relating to Revenue, into all International locations for the Retail Stores.”
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Thanks to Jeremy for the photo of the future Apple Center adjacent to the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign). The store is housed in a brand-new building on busy Green Street, just two blocks from the official university retail store inside the Illini Union, where prices are slightly lower, I’m told. [see related]
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Thanks to John for updated photos of the future Southlake Town Square store, showing the Main Street-style mall surroundings, and a unique view of the store’s back-lit Apple logo.
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Where do gingerbread men go after they’ve been removed from an Apple store display window? Apparently the company requires them to hit the presentation circuit, since several of the tasty cut-outs showed up at the recent Florida Educational Technology Conference in Orlando as wall decorations for a podcast seminar. A sad ending to a distinguished career.
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Several photos of the Apple Experience Center in the COEX mall in Seoul (Korea) show that it bears a close resemblance to official U.S. Apple stores. The store has wood flooring, white Corian display stands and even frosted-glass section partitions. The product display does, however, include an “ancient” Power Mac G4 among the desktop models (circa 2002/2003).
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Based on Apple’s past hiring and construction schedules, I’ve calculated grand opening dates for the list of confirmed future stores. On my list there are three openings scheduled in May, six each in June and July, and four in August, all subject, of course, to changes due to construction or other glitches. Check the 2006 grand opening timeline, or download the full store list [xls / pdf ] to see the projected dates.
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The ThinkSecret Web site notes that slow-selling software is being dropped from Apple’s store shelves, and being replaced by higher-profit items, mostly iPod-related. By July, software that isn’t Universal Binary will also disappear, the site says. The information coincides with an observation by Jose, who notes that Palm PDAs have disappeared fromthose cylindrical white display counters, replaced by iPod accessories.
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The Regent Street (London) store is perhaps the most spectacular among Apple’s stores, both in terms of its building architecture, interior design and use of space. So that’s why I selected it for a very special illustration that highlights and explains its features. Mouse around, click and explore the store.
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Thanks to Greg for construction update photos of the future Suburban Square (Penn.) store. The interior construction continues, but the stainless steel hasn’t been installed yet.
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Speculation over Apple’s retail plans in Rome (Italy) has ended with news they will open a store at the RomaEst mall under construction on the city’s eastern suburbs. A grand opening could be held as early as September, according to one source. The location avoids the traffic and congestion of the city’s central shopping district, and provides space that the newish, west-side Parco Leonardo mall could not offer. The news also ends anticipation of a spectacular flagship store for the city, leaving only the possibility of a standard, mall-type store. [see related]
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A construction barricade has gone up in front of the future Mall in Columbia (Md.) retail store, along with an odd slogan: “Apple. Latest Technology. You.”
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A map of the just-opened Summit Sierra (Reno, Nev.) retail store by the Gazette-Journal newspaper shows a very strange footprint for the store: arather narrow rectangle to the back, where it has a wider “T,” which is part of the back-of-house.
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Apple has installed a video guide at the 5-story Ginza (Tokyo) retail store that shows visitors in English and Japanese what products and services are available on each floor. The “monolith” is located on the ground and second floors near the shuttles, and in words and animation depict the various floors and products. Thanks to Anson for this photo and a video of the animation, which depicts a rider’s view from the shuttle as it stops at the various floors, and then sweeps upward to the building’s giant revolving Apple logo on the roof.
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A press release by Germany-based Location Services AG notes that retail rent in Zurich (Switzerland) is the third-highest in Europe… up to $530 per square-foot annually. In comparison, Munich (Germany) retail rents are up to $335 per s.f. annually. You may recognize both locations as future Apple store sites. Retail rents in New York City can range up to $15,000 per s.f. for a Fifth Avenue location, Paris $7,000, and Tokyo $5,000.
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