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Microsoft reportedly luring away Apple retail employees
Microsoft’s planned retail store initiative will soon get underway with stores in Scottsdale, Arizona and Mission Viejo, California scheduled to open up for business later this fall. Reports of Microsoft’s plans to enter the cutthroat world of retail first surfaced in early February, and since then, Redmond has seemingly been copying the Apple retail playbook […]
Continue reading...Report: Apple to set up iPhone activation centers in Apple Stores
Monday, September 14, 2009
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MacRumors reports that Apple may begin setting up designated iPhone activation zones within its Apple Stores as early as tomorrow. The move will reportedly “enhance”, and perhaps hasten, the iPhone purchase experience. The activation zones will reportedly be staffed by a new category of retail store employee called “iPhone Experts”, who will be denoted by […]
Continue reading...Thieves rob Apple Store in 31 seconds flat [Video]
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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In a scene straight out of a movie, a team of crooks busted into an Apple Store in Marlton, New Jersey and snagged handfulls of MacBooks, iPhones, and iPods in 31 seconds flat.
Continue reading...Apple’s retail stores continue to boom, with Fifth Avenue location in NYC earning $35,000 per square foot
Monday, August 24, 2009
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While every other major retailer is experiencing a slow down in sales, Apple’s line of retail stores continue to impress, a fact which is no more evident than at the Apple Store located on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
Continue reading...Kid records series of music videos from within Apple Stores [Video]
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
A little kid, who goes by the name of nicholifavs on YouTube, has been generating a significant amount of traffic for videos that depict him lip-syncing and dancing to popular music. And oh yeah, all of the videos are filmed from inside Apple Stores using the Mac’s built in iSight camera. Impressively, with random people […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs on why Apple doesn’t do market research
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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As opposed to most companies, Apple doesn’t typically rely on focus groups or market research to help guide its product development, and in an interview with Fortune a few years back, Apple CEO Steve Jobs explained why. “We do no market research. We don’t hire consultants”, said Jobs. “The only consultants I’ve ever hired in […]
Continue reading...New “flying apps” display at Apple Store in Palo Alto [video]
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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TechCrunch writer Jason Kincaid stumbled upon this pretty cool window display at a flagship Apple Store in Palo Alto recently. Check it out.. Now wouldn’t it be funny if someone came out with a similar display for apps available on the Palm Pre?
Continue reading...Microsoft to copy Apple Store design, will include “Guru Bar”
Saturday, July 25, 2009
With Microsoft copying Apple lock and step, it’s like 1995 all over again. In the latest piece of un-innovation from Redmond, a leaked presentation from the consulting company Microsoft hired to help it design and layout its upcoming retail stores indicates that Ballmer and co. are looking to copy the layout and feel of Apple […]
Continue reading...Apple destroys earnings estimates, sells 5.2 million iPhones and 2.6 million Macs
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Apple today reported its earnings from its third fiscal quarter and reported earnings of $1.35 a share on revenue $8.34 billion. Last year during the same quarter, Apple reported earnings of $1.19 a share on revenue of $7.46 billion. Apple’s solid earnings report utterly destroyed analyst estimates, which anticipated earnings of $1.17 a share on […]
Continue reading...Microsoft hires ex-Apple Retail VP as retail consultant
Monday, July 20, 2009
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Last week we reported that Microsoft was going to go back to its roots and when it announced that it would copy Apple and open up its own Microsoft branded retail stores and place them right next to Apple Stores. Now, it turns out that Microsoft is getting a little extra inside info about how […]
Continue reading...Shocking! Microsoft to copy Apple and open Microsoft retail stores next to Apple’s
Thursday, July 16, 2009
There’s an old joke about how Burger King decides where to open up a new restaurant – they look for a McDonalds and open up shop nearby. They might be in different industries, but it appears that Microsoft has taken a page out of Burger King’s playbook. In a keynote speech delivered yesterday at the […]
Continue reading...Police release video footage of Apple Store shooter
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Yesterday, an armed gunman entered the back of an Apple Store in Arlington, Virginia and proceeded to shoot a female employee in the shoulder before escaping on foot empty handed. Today, Police released video surveillance footage of the suspect entering the back of the store and subsequently escaping a few seconds later. Here, the suspect […]
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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