Rumors of an expansion of the Christiana (Del.) Apple retail store, the economic recession and the mall’s plans for expansion provide a case study in how bad times for America might actually be good times for the Apple stores. General Growth Properties Inc., who manages the mall, today announced they received an extension on $58 million of [...]

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Apple has split off the duties related to providing personalized service to retail store customers, with a new position titled “Personal Shopping Specialist.” The new job position recognizes the larger number of Apple customers who are crowding the stores, and Apple’s insistence on providing a superior customer experience. Previously, free personal shopping assistance sessions, and [...]

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The two-level Munich (Germany) retail store will open this Saturday at 10 a.m. along Rosenstrasse, the first store in the country. Apple has posted an official retail Web page for the country that announces the grand opening, and features the blue-and-white graphic pattern that now covers the glass façade of the store in central Munich. The store’s [...]

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Shoppers seemed to be flocking to Apple’s retail stores on Black Friday, drawn specifically by discounts on laptops and iPods, and perhaps by price-matching. Visits to stores in the San Francisco area confirmed that all employees were on-deck to help provide service to the crowds of people, including about 20 who showed up at 3 [...]

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Apple has posted special Black Friday discount prices on its Australia and UK Web store site, offering price reductions ranging from just 4.1 percent to 7.7 percent on selected models of iPods, Apple TVs, Macbooks and iMacs. The discounts may be similar to those offered in Apple’s retail stores around the world as they open [...]

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Santa Claus and one of his helpful elves will appear in the windows of Apple stores this holiday season to promote the iPod product line. The three-dimensional, five-foot figures are intricately designed and feature neon-lit, glowing headphone cords that were fabricated by the Brooklyn-based company Lite Brite Neon. Store employees receive the figures in pieces, [...]

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The grand opening of the Rosenstrasse (Munich) retail store is imminent, now that the construction scaffolding has been removed and a colorful blue-and-white covering has been installed over the glass storefront that says, “Coming Soon.” The storefront has many of the elements of the Sydney (Australia) store: two levels, all glass front, suspended white Apple [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving! This has certainly been an amazing year for the United States, Apple Inc. and even for me. The country has endured an on-going war, elected a new president, and then encountered a dramatic economic downturn whose effects are still ahead of us. Apple has opened 46 stores so far this year, including some [...]

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The very first Apple store located in an airport is…a Boutique iStore. The store will debut soon at Pierre Elliot Trudeau Airport in Montreal (Canada), in the domestic departure area, followed later by a similar store in the international departure area. Photos snapped by Mike show the white shelving and counters are squeezed into about 225 [...]

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Apple has posted the extended holiday hours for its retail stores, with a few stores opening as early as 3 a.m. on Black Friday to accommodate shoppers. The hours are listed on the Web page of individual stores in a pop-up window, and cover from November 15th to January 14, 2009. All the stores will [...]

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The continent of Australia is nearly 2,500 miles wide, but Melbourne area residents will have to travel just eight miles to visit the second Apple store for the region. The company will open a store at Westfield Doncaster, about 11 miles east of Melbourne’s central business district, and just north of the existing Chadstone retail [...]

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Apple has thrown its retail dart at the huge continent of Australia, and it’s landed on…Robina? Participants on the MacTalk forum have confirmed that an Apple store will open at the Robina Town Centre on the eastern Gold Coast of the continent, about 50 miles south of Brisbane. The region was formerly swampland, but in [...]

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Apple has apparently fired the first shot in the holiday shopping battle, by announcing internally that retail store employees have the authority to match the prices of other authorized retailers. The stores have also cancelled all regular presentations on Black Friday, posted holiday buying tips have on Apple’s retail Web page, and created a special [...]

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The future Munich (Germany) retail store became more official as workers hoisted a large, three-dimensional Apple logo into the building on Saturday, in preparation for its installation  behind the all-glass façade that will overlook Rosenstrasse. The store is rumored to be opening by December 10th, although material over the front of the building blocks a [...]

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An Apple spokesperson has confirmed that the company will open a retail store on Wisconsin Avenue in the Georgetown district of Washington (DC). However, Apple public relations manager Amy Barney told the Washington Business Journal that she had no announcement to make regarding when the store will open. Apple purchased the property at 1229 N.W. Wisconsin [...]

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