The Web site Racked has posted a couple of photos of interior construction at the future Meatpacking District (NYC) retail store at 14th Street and 9th Avenue. The photos show that a substantial amount of construction is still to be performed, and other parts of the building are also under renovation. The store could open [...]

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Apple is sending e-mail to registered Mac users, steering them to the closest retail stores for iLife ‘08 software, the Personal Shopping service and the upcoming release of four EA computer games. The e-mail is personalized by the customer’s region, and includes Web links to check out the schedule of events at local stores. E-mail [...]

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In recognition of Apple’s future plans for retail stores in Europe, the company has created a special homepage for job openings in the region. The page features a map of Europe, highlighted with dots for the existing stores, which right now are limited to the UK and Italy. Apple has stores planned for several European [...]

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Finding no appropriate space at its original choice of the Haywood Mall in Greenville (SC), Apple has now selected the Magnolia Park Town Center for its first retail store in the state. Menin Development Companies Inc. purchased the property earlier this year after the former mall had been demolished on the site along I-85 southeast [...]

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Construction on the future Boylston Street (Boston) retail store swung into high gear last week as workers began erecting the

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Burglars smashed the front window of the Saddle Creek (Memphis, Tenn.) Apple store at 4:22 a.m. this morning and within 60 seconds had stolen $25,000 worth of merchandise, including 10 iPhones, one iMac and six MacBook laptops. Police said the break-in triggered an alarm and an officer arrived less than a minute later, but the [...]

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Authorized reseller MacResource has opened a new 16,000 square-foot retail store that raises the bar for interior design, and it looks very much like Apple’s own retail stores. The store opened Saturday with a large white Apple logo on the storefront, wood furniture, silver metal walls and shelving, and wall display counters. Photos of the [...]

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A large crowd showed up Saturday morning to celebrate the grand opening of the Buchanan Street (Glasgow, Scotland) retail store, offering plenty of excitement for the city’s shopping district and those who had waited up to 26 hours in line. Mike was first through the huge front doors of the store, followed by a queue [...]

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The interior of the new Buchanan Street store features a compact design, interior stone walls, long Genius Bar and a mezzanine overlooking a spiral glass staircase lit by tall adjacent windows. The first photos show that the interior design takes elements from several other Apple stores, but has its own personality formed from the building’s [...]

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The black construction barricade covering the space adjacent to the existing Bay Street (Emeryville, N. Calif.) store has now sprouted white Apple logos, confirming that the store will virtually double in size when the expansion is finished later this year. A photo by Michael shows a forklift out front to lift a crate of stainless [...]

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At this moment I’m flying eastward to Glasgow (Scotland) for Saturday morning’s grand opening of the downtown Buchanan Street retail store. The weather forecast includes rain, but that hasn’t dampened the enthusiasm of Apple enthusiasts from Italy, Germany and the United States, who have confirmed their attendance to me by e-mail. We’ll be forming a [...]

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One or more burglars cut a hole in the ceiling of the University Village (Seattle, Wash.) retail store some time Sunday night and took several laptops and iPods that were being repaired. The burglars were reportedly stymied by security features for new merchandise and left without boxed merchandised, but did take products that were left [...]

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Demand is high for Apple gear in Sioux City (Iowa), primarily because earlier this year Brian Massey wrangled “Authorized” status from Apple Inc. for his Advanced Computers business. Massey moved the store moved to a larger space after Apple’s appointment, and now focuses on superior customer service to keep Apple and PC customers happy. Read [...]

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The basement walls are nearly finished at the future Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.) retail store, and the first structural steel has arrived. Thanks to s cheung for noticing the contractor closed Boylston Street at 5 a.m. Sunday morning for the delivery, and craned in steel beam about 50-feet wide to sit atop a basement wall. [...]

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Tipsters have confirmed the grand opening of the Buchanan Street (Glasgow, Scotland) retail store on Saturday, August 25th at 9 a.m. The event will include commemorative T-shirts for the first 1,500 visitors, and a MacBook and iPod sweepstakes prize. The two-level store is set inside an elegant and historic building in city center. It’s the [...]

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A review of the financial figures of Apple Inc. starting before the opened the first retail stores in May 2001 shows the impact of the chain on the company’s performance. The stores operated at a loss for the first seven quarters they were open, but then began slowly turned into the black. Profit started at [...]

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Construction is nearing an end at the future Buchanan Street (Glasgow, Scotland) retail store, with the giant, back-lit Apple logo the latest item to be installed over the front entrance. A photo by Duncan Sinclair shows the logo going up between the entrance columns of the historic building that was built in 1842. Also check [...]

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The AppleInsider Web site reports that Apple plans to occupy a 9,300 square-foot space along Rue Saint Catherine in the Montreal’s (Canada) downtown shopping district, which is under-served by authorized resellers. The store would reportedly be a two-story structure, which Apple would renovate to include a glass staircase. The plans have just been proposed to [...]

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After six months of construction, the Boylston Street (Boston) retail store is beginning to take shape. In cooperation with Apple reseller Tech Superpowers, we’ve been making time-lapse movies from the Webcam construction photos. Lately the Webcam shows the pouring of the exterior concrete walls, and installation of reinforcing steel for the interior walls. Watch the [...]

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Karen Hall has been an Apple fan since 1982 and has a family fully-equipped with Apple gear. She purchased an iPhone and loves it, but after a few days discovered that it had stopped ringing when someone called her. Hall has posted an account of taking the iPhone to the Millenia (Orlando, Fla.) Genius Bar [...]

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