Apple Retail Store windows ‘smashed’ with new iPod Hi-Fi marketing campaign (with photo)
Monday, March 13, 2006 - 01:50 PM EDT
"I just happened to stop by the Apple Store to lust...whoops, I mean...covet....umm, no......I mean....ADMIRE the MacBook Pro," Scott Hodge writes in his blog. "As I was crossing Michigan Avenue [Chicago] I almost walked right into a taxi when I saw this [image on left]."
"Turns out to be some clever marketing for the new iPod Hi-Fi," Hodge reports.
Full article with more photos here.
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Videos of Steve Jobs introducing Mac mini, iPod Hi-Fi - March 01, 2006
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I saw them setting up that window on my lunch hour the other week. It's neat but not really all that impressive from a merchandising standpoint.