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Vandals plaster Windows Logo on upcoming Apple Store in Hamburg, Germany
On Friday morning, folks walking past the upcoming Apple Store in Hamburg, Germany were greeted with some Banksy inspired nerd vandalism on the side of one of the building’s construction barricades. You see, plastered on the side of the Apple Store to-be was a bright and colorful Windows logo. Quick to respond, here are workers […]
Continue reading...Man in “white ninja suit” drives car into Apple store in botched burglary attempt
Friday, June 3, 2011
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Apple’s chain of retail stores have been popular targets for thieves lately, but now Ninjas are also looking to get MacBooks, iPods, and iPhones on the cheap. Earlier this morning, a man dressed in white, and described as wearing a “white ninja suit”, drove a stolen car into the outer glass windows of an Apple […]
Continue reading...Apple Store 2.0 – Reports detail Apple’s plans to revamp the Apple retail experience
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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With the 10th anniversary of Apple’s retail initiative upon us, there’s been a whole lot of rumors flying around about special plans Apple has in store. Some reports point to a new product launch (unlikely) while others have centered on actual store renovations. Yesterday, for example, we highlighted a report suggesting Apple was upgrading its […]
Continue reading...NFC payments coming to Apple retail stores?
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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By John Hiesler: Just one day after an analyst report relayed that the next-gen iPhone would not come equipped with NFC technology, BGR is reporting, citing several well-placed sources, that Apple may be integrating NFC technology into its stores. First off, Apple’s POS devices — its iPod touch-based wireless payment terminals — recently all went offline […]
Continue reading...Apple Store foot traffic astoundingly higher than 2010 Major League Baseball attendance
Monday, May 9, 2011
By Josh Rosenthall: When Apple began it’s retail initiative in the early 2000’s, even Apple fans had to second guess the rationale behind Apple’s plan. Up to that point, retail storefronts from other hardware companies – Gateway, for example – were complete and utter failures. Apple, however, was able to succeed by following a completely […]
Continue reading...iPad 2 launch at Sanlitun store in Beijing marred by violence
Monday, May 9, 2011
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While the launch of a new product at Apple store often attract long lines of dedicated Apple users, nerds, line lovers, and of course, greedy re-sellers, it’s usually a safe bet that everyone in line is respectful and civil with each other. A different story, however, emanated from China over the weekend where Apple’s iPad […]
Continue reading...Are the glass exteriors of Apple Stores the cause of so many attempted robberies?
Thursday, April 7, 2011
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In the past three months, there have been three attempted “smash and grab” robberies at a single Apple store location in Naperville, Illinois. Apple stores provide thieves with attractive targets on account of the expensive hardware it houses in addition to the glass exterior that many Apple retail locations feature. Earlier this week, one man […]
Continue reading...Microsoft debates overzealous retail expansion; Ballmer convinced “to hold back”
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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One of the integral components of Apple’s resurgence under Steve Jobs has been the company’s retail strategy. Though the ubiquity of Apple retail stores may make it easy to forget, it really wasn’t all that long ago that Apple products were hard to find, and often displayed haphazardly in stores like CompUSA and Office Depot where store […]
Continue reading...Apple rumored to be eyeing retail location in New Orleans
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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If you happen to live by a Borders, you may have noticed that many of the booksellers locations are going out of business. Indeed, Borders Group Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection in mid-February and has already started closing down hundreds of outlets. One of those locations is a Borders located in New Orleans on the […]
Continue reading...One dead, two arrested in failed robbery attempt at Apple Store in Chula Vista, California
Monday, April 4, 2011
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Earlier this morning, an attempted Apple Store robbery at the Otay Ranch Towne Center in Chula Vista, California turned deadly after three thieves smashed open the outside windows of an Apple Store and quickly tried to grab as much hardware as they could. Following the burglary attempt, an Apple security guard engaged in a shootout with the criminals as […]
Continue reading...iDigital planning “symbolic” Apple Store in Jerusalem
Sunday, April 3, 2011
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Free shawarma with every new MacBook Pro purchase may soon become a reality for Apple fans in Israel. Okay, so Apple isn’t going to give away free food anytime soon, or ever for that matter, there are rumblings that the company may open a large Apple Store in Jerusalem sometime in the next three years. Apple […]
Continue reading...Apple Stores block access to Cydia on in-store wifi network
Monday, March 28, 2011
iPhone jailbreaking may not be in the news much anymore, but the jailbreak community is alive and well. It typically takes jailbreakers just a few days to to compromise a new iOS release and Apple is perpetually involved in what CEO Steve Jobs once called a constant game of cat and mouse. Comically, Jobs quipped […]
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
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