“Hundreds of people today lined up around the block of Apple’s new retail store in the tourist-heavy Union Square neighborhood in San Francisco in order to see it for themselves on opening day,” Jordan Novet reports for VentureBeat. “When the tall glass sliding doors finally opened just after 10 a.m., employees greeted customers by cheering, clapping their hands, and passing out commemorative postcards and T-shirts.”
“One thing that wasn’t included in the press release about the opening of the new store was the special guest who would be on hand: Apple fan favorite Jony Ive,” Novet reports. “The technology company’s chief design officer was mingling with people in the crowd on the second floor near the new Genius Grove.”
Novet reports, “Ive — who has had played a role in the development of MacBooks, iPhones, and iPads and who rarely makes public appearances these days — produced an iPhone and started snapping pictures of the outside of the store as onlookers snapped pictures of him from the other side of the glass… Naturally, Angela Ahrendts, Apple’s senior vice president in charge of retail and online stores, was also on hand for the big day.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Big crowds today at Apple’s newest flagship store!
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Apple’s new Union Square store highlights new retail elements, including ‘Genius Grove,’ ‘The Forum,’ and more – May 19, 2016
Lovely! Looks like a Scandinavian public library.
Proud to live near world class retail.
Something is wrong with what I said.
It would be nice if our libraries, as nice as some are, we’re like this. :-). I hope what I posted above does not sound materialistic. I was thinking about aesthetics.
*were – ac
Disappointed that MDN only posted a drawing, not photos of the event. Also disappointed that VentureBeat only posted snapshots taken by the writer. The lead photo isn’t bad but still doesn’t show what the story should show.
And disappointed that both treat photojournalism as whatever-we-can-get-for-free.
I’m moving from the Midwest to the Bay Area. Looking forward to visiting that beautiful new Apple Store.
That’s because you’ve never been in a Apple Store. Back to your MS cave my boy!
Theres a Troll Village missing it’s troll village idiot Joe. Suggest you report for TVI duty stat. On the way you can pick up your minimum wage paycheck from Shamsucks,