Apple’s real estate team is scouting out possible retail store sites along a section of Queen Street in Auckland (New Zealand), according to the local Herald newspaper. The section of Queen Street nearest the city’s harbor is starting to go upscale, as international brands such as Gucci and Louis Vuitton locate there. A local real [...]

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The Eaton Centre (Toronto) retail store is scheduled to close for nearly three weeks beginning November 3rd, in order to renovate the store in an unknown way. The store opened in May 2006 as a nearly 5,000 square-foot operation, and then closed this past summer for a series of renovations.
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The Roosevelt Field (NY) retail store is tucked away at one end of the second floor in the huge mall, a location that Apple doesn’t prefer. Even so, the store has been doing well since it opened in July 2002. Now a much larger space has opened up in prime territory on the ground floor [...]

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The Santa Barbara (Calif.) Historic Landmarks Commission has given final approval for architectural plans to build an Apple store at 928 State Street. At its October 1st meeting the commission approved removal of the existing 4,375 square-foot mezzanine of the building, along with an elevator and stairway. In its place, Apple will raise the existing [...]

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The Bridgewater (NJ) mini-store will close from November 4-7 to prepare for a move across the hall to a larger space opening Saturday, November 8th. The 1,700 square-foot store opened in October 2004 as part of a project to bring stores to more locations. The new space will have over 4,000 square-feet of space. The [...]

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Apple will open its third London store at the White City shopping mall this Thursday at 9 a.m. The enormous complex is barely half-finished, and will open with many spaces still unfinished and unoccupied. The grand opening will include a sweepstakes for a MacBook and iPod nano not seen at U.S. stores, along with the [...]

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Construction has been underway at the Southcenter (Tukwila, Wash.) shopping mall to build a full-sized Apple store, which will take the place of the existing mini-store that opened in 2004. Now Apple has posted the timeline for the move: the current mini-store will close November 11-14, and the new store will then open on Saturday, [...]

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The location of the future Scottsdale (Ariz.) retail store has been pinpointed by local media–the Scottsdale Quarter shopping mall now under construction near the airport. The mid-sized development will eventually include office space and condos, but will open its retail space in Spring 2009, when the 7,857 square-foot Apple store will also probably debut. It [...]

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The City of Westminster has given final approval to Apple’s architectural and construction plans for the future Covent Garden (UK) store in the middle of London. The high-profile store will be the third-largest Apple store in the country, and also become a showcase for the company’s preservationist style of store architecture. Construction begins in mid-January [...]

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The huge White City (London) shopping complex is nearly finished, allowing Apple to begin the final outfitting of its retail store there this week. The mall is scheduled for an October 30th grand opening, and activity at the Apple store is consistent with it opening the same day. The store will become the second-largest in [...]

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Attempts to mediate an accessibility lawsuit filed by two Oakland (Calif.) women against Apple Inc. have failed, but a federal judge has turned down the plaintiffs request to take the case to trial. The legal moves seem to indicate the judge wants both sides to continue their attempts to reach a settlement without a trial. [...]

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Apple reported strong sales for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2008, including sales of $7.9 billion and a record 2.6 million Macintosh computers. But company executives, including Steve Jobs in a first-ever conference call appearance, failed to say how many retail stores would open during fiscal 2009, and no analyst asked during a question-and-answer session. The [...]

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Apple’s quarterly financial conference calls are filled with numbers detailing every aspect of its operations. But none will be as significant as the number of retail stores Apple will open in fiscal 2009, as reported in next Tuesday’s call. The figure will not only signify Apple’s on-going commitment to reaching even more customers, but it [...]

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One out of every three dollars spent on computers in U.S. retail is for a Macintosh computer, according to COO Tim Cook, who outlined the “State of the Mac” during today’s briefing to introduce new laptops models. “What a difference a few years make,” he said. Apple’s share of the U.S. retail market is now [...]

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The future Covent Garden (London) retail store is already shaping up to be a spectacular location, and now documents filed with the Westminster City Council indicate the store will open in early 2010. The store will retain much of the historic buildings materials and charm, but still bring Apple’s visible branding to the area, which [...]

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