The front windows of two Apple stores have broken in the past week, showering passersby with glass, and in one case causing injuries. At Beverly Center (S. Calif.), a woman tried to walk into the mall-based store while texting  on her phone, but failed to notice that the door was closed. The tempered-glass door broke [...]

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A water leak in the fire protection system of the Sanlitun (Beijing) retail store flooded the ground floor and halted store operations for a time on Saturday. Photos taken by a passerby show that workers diked the water spill to contain it, and then used wet-vacs to suck up the water. The iPhone Savior Web site [...]

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A decision by the Greenwich (Conn.) Planning and Zoning Commission threatens to derail plans to locate an Apple store in a former movie theater along Greenwich Avenue. The commission voted 5-0 in June, 2008 to allow the building owner to convert the theater to two levels of retail space totaling 16,052 square-feet. However, the owner [...]

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Despite the global economic slowdown and in the face of investor pessimism, Apple announced today that its first-quarter 2009 retail store revenues were a record $1.74 billion, generating $353 million in profit. The figures mirrored overall results: revenues were a record $10.17 billion, generating a record $1.61 billion in profit. It was the first time Apple had [...]

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Construction workers are erecting some serious steel to frame the future State Street (Santa Barbara, Calif.) retail store. The exterior walls of the building will remain the same, according to photos taken this week, but inside the store will be entirely new. According to city permit filings, the store will consist of a main retail [...]

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An unknown number of burglars drove a red Honda Civic into the front window of The Gateway (Salt Lake City) retail store early this morning, and made off with $20,000 of computers, iPods and other merchandise. Police say the attack occurred at 4:30 a.m. and there may be surveillance video of the suspects. The store [...]

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The MacNN Web site has rekindled hopes of a downtown Philadelphia (Penn.) store with an insider’s tip that Apple has signed a lease for a space in a Walnut Street building, about 10 blocks from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. The tipster identifies the location as 1619 Walnut Street, a six-story building identified to [...]

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Macworld keynote speaker Phil Schiller left no doubt about why Apple will no longer attend the annual January conference and expo in San Francisco–the company’s stores already attracts the equivalent of 100 Macworld crowds each week, making the conference unnecessary. Schiller walked on stage and thanked the audience, after generous applause that seemed to acknowledge the [...]

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Apple’s retail stores in Japan celebrated the country’s annual Lucky Bag tradition with a $384 sealed cloth bag that contained a selection of Apple and third-party products. Enthusiasts lined up at Apple stores shortly after midnight on January 2nd for a chance to purchase the bags. One purchaser received an iPod touch, Nike iPod sensor [...]

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