“Apple is about to make what looks like a slight change to the name of its stores,” Richard Kestenbaum writes for Forbes. “Soon all of the stores will be known by the company name and location, like Apple Fifth Avenue or Apple Anytown. They will no longer be known as ‘The Apple Store’ and the word ‘Store’ will no longer be part of their retail locations’ names.”
“Who cares? Why bother?” Kestenbaum writes. “In general, Apple stores are so productive and influential that anything they do is important. But this is a more significant shift than a one-word change would indicate.”
“Apple’s name change means they know their stores can’t be just stores, they have to be places you go to for more than buying stuff,” Kestenbaum writes. “The Apple Store is already a place you go to for expertise or just to see what’s new and on view from Apple. But eventually, they’d love you to go there for classes on a range of topics beyond just how to use their products — and they want you to go there for other events. Apple wants you to think of it as a place to meet friends, a gathering place, an event space, a place you go to for lots of reasons only one of which is to buy Apple products.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Yup.
They are more than just “stores,” so it make perfect sense not to call them that. It’s also a nice bonus to finally be losing that inelegant comma from the locations’ names. — MacDailyNews, August 18, 2016
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Ho hum.
They’re dropping the word “store” because they no longer have any new macs for sale (and havent for three years).
When Jobs launched the Apple Store, it was kind of a radical and refreshing concept at the time, that a computer mfg. could perfect the retail experience. It was like MacWorld, year ’round.
That mission having been accomplished, it makes sense to go to the next level, establishing roots in each distinct community, literally with trees and glass houses. This sets the stage for Apple to be a setting for more dimensions of community engagement, beyond just selling and supporting products. This, in much the same way that Barnes & Nobel (in its heyday) filled the public library gap by creating an open, safe, quiet space for people in the neighborhood to linger over coffee or for kids to go after school to do their homework. With their new direction, Apple seems to be joining libraries, breweries and public media in celebrating “a sense of place.”
That meeting place feeling was much stronger in the first couple of years. I certainly don’t go as much as I used to. Well not since the crowds increased.
No one goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.
Thank you Yogi Bera?
*Starting Stopwatch*
Q: How long will it take the Microsoft Store to imitate Apple?
Paternity suit?
And people will continue to call it the Apple Store because that’s what it is.
With Apple dropping the “store” from its naming and becoming more a “happening” place…it’s time to offer a good beverage whilst spending time @Apple World…AppleCoffee(TM)
Apple STORE = Teenager ZOO.
Trendy transgender meeting place will be it
Hey, it’s easier than bringing out a new line of modernized Macs.
It was dropped because it was redundant. You don’t need the word store in front of the store. If you can’t figure out it’s a store maybe you shouldn’t go in there.
Stupid change. Means NOTHING.
Apple dropped the word “Store” to make the name skinnier.