Hotsheet

Here are the hottest events occurring in 2011 that need to be detailed:

  • In early Dec. 2012 tipsters pointed to another Manhattan store, and finally a new store in Brooklyn and possibly Queens (NYC). Where, please?
  • Brazil – Persistent rumors have been confirmed, at the Village Mall in Rio de Janeiro. Keep me posted!
  • Edinburgh (Scotland) -The store will be at 10-15 Princes Street, but what will the store look like (mezzanine?) and when?
  • Spain – A store is under construction in Puerta del Sol (Madrid). What will it look like?
  • Seattle (Wash.) – A downtown store is a necessity. Where?
  • Portland (Ore.) – The city’s Design Commission approved a store along Yamhill Street. Construction progress?
  • Berlin (Germany) – The Kurfürstendamm store should be opening in May-June 2013. What’s the latest?
  • Stockholm (Sweden) – The Täby Centrum store opened in a suburb and Malmö is on the way. But is there a city-center Stockholm store planned?
  • Apple was reportedly scouting the former Borders Books store on St. Charles Ave. in New Orleans in March 2011. Has anything more been done?
  • Qianmen Street, Beijing (China) – This second Beijing location was originally planned before the 2008 Olympics, but the project has dropped off the radar. Where precisely, and when?

Here’s a list of scouting information that I need:

  • People are talking about another District of Columbia store, somewhere in or around Chinatown? Help!
  • China – Apple has pledged to open 25 stores by the end of 2012. In what other cities beyond Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong?
  • Manchester (UK) – Is there really a huge Apple store going into the former Heals furniture store? Is it opens, will either of the existing stores close/move?
  • Las Vegas (NV) – CityCenter…yes or no? This could be a big store if it ever comes to pass.
  • Japan – There hasn’t been a new Japan store since Sapporo in June 2006! Will there be another store this year or next?
  • Mexico – Yes or no? Any chance that the rumored Mexico City store is real?
  • South America – Beyond Brazil (confirmed), what’s the strategy for this continent? Will stores arrive here before Africa?
  • Ottawa (Ont.) – Anything happening along Wellington Street in the Hintonburg neighborhood?
  • Oxford (UK) – I know that a store is planned for the central business district, but where?

What did I forget to ask–tell me!