It appears that the proposed retail store at Grand Place in St. Paul (Minn.) has been placed on the inactive list. Job listings were posted last August for the location, inside a quarter-block development fronting two streets east of downtown. However, a review of current job listings shows an odd coding error that seems to [...]

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The economy may be uncertain, but Apple isn’t hesitant to open another New York retail store where the average household income is three times the national average. This fall a store will open at the Americana Manhasset mall, in the town of the same name whose small size (pop. 8,300) belies its average household income [...]

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The Apple retail stores are now selling iPhones without a contract that requires a two-year commitment, a change recently spotted at AT&T’s retail stores, and which observers believe is linked to an inventory clear-out in advance of a new iPhone handset introduction within the next few months. According to those who have recently shopped at the [...]

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In response to a report that Apple stores no longer issue shopping bags to customers, a chemical industry lobbying group has issued a statement applauding the company for discouraging use of plastic bags, but supporting “customer preference” when multiple products are purchased. The American Chemical Council (ACC)  said in a statement that they support a [...]

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An eBay auction of nine Apple store grand opening commemorative T-shirts has created a puzzle: Who am I? According to the auction page, the seller goes by the username of “mlforrest,” and is offering new, unwashed T-shirts from four high-profile stores: Regent Street (London), Ginza (Tokyo), Fifth Avenue (NYC) and North Michigan Avenue (Chicago). The [...]

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If you’re a mall developer trying to sell a new project, there is nothing more attractive than an Apple logo on your architectural renderings. Many times the appearance of the logo is entirely speculative, but other times the logo or other details indicate that an Apple store will eventually appear at the new mall. The [...]

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This morning workers are removing the black wooden construction barricade in front of the new Bethesda Row (Md.) retail store, revealing a street-level glass storefront, and a large stainless steel upper level with a back-lit Apple logo. The single-level store is inside a new building that Apple built across the street from the existing mini-store [...]

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The tiny size and streamlined design of the new iPod shuffle has allowed Apple’s retail team to design an acrylic stand that is more streamlined and informative, and which is less obtrusive for visitors who want to try out the device. Previous shuffles, and even iPod minis, featured connections on both the top and bottom [...]

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During what must be the quietest sales period of the year, Apple has scheduled renovations for at least six stores from Colorado, to Texas, to New Jersey. The stores’ busiest periods are between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the post-holiday period, the end of summer that signals back-to-school, and the summer itself, filled with students and Apple [...]

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Apple will add two additional stores to its Canada line-up this year: a second store in Vancouver, and the first-ever store in Winnipeg (Manitoba). First, Apple will open its first-ever mid-Canada store by opening in the Polo Park mall in Winnipeg, not far from city center. The city has a population of 700,000, about one-half [...]

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The existence and location of Apple’s retail store in Frankfurt (Germany) has been confirmed by city planning officials, in city center near Opera Plaza. The two-level store at #30 Große Bockenheimer Straße will look out over a tree-spotted pedestrian mall that includes a fountain. Frankfurt has a metro population of 2.1 million in central Germany, [...]

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When clothing retailer Lululemon USA Inc. was told Apple was locating at the future 108 State Street development in downtown Chicago (Ill.), they jumped at the chance to locate next-door, and even made Apple’s presence a requirement on their lease signing. When last December Lululemon executives learned Apple had cancelled their plans to open a [...]

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Several unnamed employees of the Kenwood Towne Centre (Ohio) Apple store have been named as co-defendants in a defective product lawsuit filed by the parents of a child who was allegedly burned when his iPod touch “caught on fire” and burned his leg. The employees, named only as “John Does (1-10)” in the lawsuit, are [...]

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The storefront for the new, enlarged Bethesda Row (Md.) retail store will be stainless steel, according to photos snapped behind the plywood construction barricade. The photos show a two-level storefront, and steel that wraps around the masonry building to give a total “metal experience” to passersby. The full-size store opens April 4th, replacing the mini-store [...]

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One of two disabled women who recently settled an accessibility lawsuit with Apple Inc. was posting Internet forum messages in the months before the pair filed the lawsuit, asking for help to move to her dream home in Las Vegas. In postings from early to mid-2007, Jana Overbo explained she was suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, and that [...]

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