Apple has posted job listings for the future Pacific Centre mall in Vancouver (BC), a location that was confirmed here earlier this month. Based on the timing of previous store openings, the listings mean the store could open as early as next Spring, not early 2009 as previously predicted.

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A second iStore branch has opened in the Phillipines, at the Ayala Center in Cebu City, offering a full range of Apple products and services. The corner store has all-glass walls for complete visibility by passing shoppers, and features aluminum-clad walls, wood display tables with stone tops, and wall graphics. Friday’s grand opening was well-attended, [...]

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Stuck with a chain of 150 kiosks in shopping malls across the country for consumer sales, the Dell crew has turned testy. A visitor to one shopping mall noticed the kiosk crew wearing new, bright-orange T-shirts in honor of the Halloween holiday. But the shirts also took a shot at Apple: on the back of [...]

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The construction crew at the future Boylston Street (Boston) store took a few moments to celebrate the World Series victory of the Boston Red Sox. They appeared at the front of the building on two floors with signs proclaiming, “We Are the Champions,” with one worker holding a broom signifying the four-game sweep. Thanks to [...]

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It was a double event for visitors to the grand opening of the SanTan Village (Ariz.) store grand opening on Friday. The first 500 into the store received a free Leopard commemorative T-shirt, and the first 1,000 also received a grand opening T-shirt. Michelle sent photos of the 6 p.m. opening, noting there were about [...]

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The Apple retail stores in Japan were the first to host the official OS X Leopard debut, including the four-story Ginza store in Tokyo. Thanks to Tuds for a report on how well organized the event was and how many people attended.

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After weeks of rumors, it’s been confirmed that Apple retail stores are limiting sales of iPhones to two per customer. Store employees have also been instructed to accept only a credit or debit card for iPhone payments–no checks or cash, the policy states. Those expecting to skirt the policy by buying from different Apple stores will [...]

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Excitement over this evening’s release of Apple’s latest operating system upgrade isn’t obvious at the Burlingame (N. Calif.) store–there was no waiting line until 3:56 p.m., when several teens began the line. The line formed very slowly–there were just 38 persons in line by 5:30 p.m., but it then grew quickly to about 150 by [...]

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Apple’s legendary retail store policy of allowing visitors to wander into a store without any acknowledgment by the staff may be over. The company has posted the job position of Concierge for about 90 of its retail stores. In the job description just posted Apple says that, “The real secret behind the success of the fastest-growing retail [...]

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The two women who sued Apple in August over accessibility issues at the San Francisco (Calif.) retail store have filed a similar lawsuit against the Loew’s movie theater chain. Jana Overbo and Nicole-Brown Booker filed only their second-ever lawsuit in U.S. District Court, alleging the theater’s design and policies violate the Americans With Disabilities Act [...]

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Friday’s debut of the Leopard will generate thousands of sales of the latest upgrade to Apple’s operating system, but at least two people hope it will also generate a love connection and provide some spectacular entertainment. Apple’s retail stores will close at 4 p.m. local time, and then re-open at 6 p.m. to begin selling [...]

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It’s still November, 2006 on one of Apple’s retail Web pages, with a headline that boasts, “Over 170 stores worldwide.” Of course, Apple will open its 200th store at the end of this week. An accompanying map on the Web page shows fewer stores in the United States than are actually open. Apple opened its [...]

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Just days after announcing record retail store revenues, Apple will open its 200th location at the SanTan Village shopping center in the Phoenix (Ariz.) suburb of Gilbert this Friday. The mall will hold its grand opening at 10 a.m., but the Apple store won’t open until 6 p.m. to coincide with the debut of OS [...]

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Among the 40 new stores that will open during fiscal 2008 is a long-expected store in Beijing (China), according to Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer during a Monday conference call to financial analysts. He said the Beijing store would open during the summer of 2008. The pace of new store openings is the same as the [...]

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Apple’s retail store operation reported record financial results for the fourth quarter of 2007, including a record number of Macintosh sales. Revenues from the stores totaled $1.2 billion for the quarter, up from $936 million from the same quarter of 2006, and up from $915 million the previous quarter. The stores tallied $268 million in [...]

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The issue of hacked, unregistered and non-working iPhones has received media attention beyond its actual importance. Now the issue may really take off with the release of hidden video that was taped by an iPhone user during his visit to a Genius Bar for warranty service. The person called insanim8ter posted the seven-minute, 30 second [...]

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Thanks to EddieC and Keith for photos of Saturday’s grand opening of the Lakeside Shopping Centre (UK) retail store, which has the standard interior design with a center aisle, two rows of display tables and a rear-located Genius Bar. Also thanks to Felix for additional photos of the opening and a full report. The photos [...]

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Thanks to Brian for the report and photos of today’s Mall at Partridge Creek (Mich.) store grand opening, the only one at the new mall with a waiting line. Gov. Jennifer Granholm attended the opening of the mall in slightly rainy weather. The store is at a corner, and features a very prominent sidewall with [...]

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The presence of a large university is always a positive factor when Apple considers retail store locations, so perhaps that’s one reason the company will open a retail store at the Grand Arcade in Cambridge (UK), home of the prestigious university of the same name. The city centre shopping mall will feature a glass roof over a [...]

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The bright light of an Apple retail store will be switched on next Spring in the midst of a huge black-out zone covering the entire eastern section of the Gulf Coast. Apple will open a retail store at the Mall of Louisiana (Baton Rouge), the first store in the state, and the only one along 1,000 miles [...]

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