Apple has now officially expanded its Mac trade-in program to retail stores in the United States and Canada. Apple currently offers trade-in programs…
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Apple Retail Stores to launch Mac trade-in program in U.S. and Canada
Apple plans to launch a Mac trade-in program next week at the company’s retail stores in the U.S and Canada. Apple currently offers trade-in programs…
Apple Retail Stores smashed and looted amid widespread riots
Apple Retail Stores have become a target of rioters and looters during the ongoing protests across the United States, with some Apple Store storefronts…
Apple Stores, other retailers already hit hard by COVID-19 shutdown board up amid violent U.S. protests, looting, and riots
Apple Stores and many other retailers have boarded up following the death in Minneapolis of a black man, George Floyd, seen on video gasping for breath…
Significantly fewer Americans say they are avoiding public places – Gallup
Significantly fewer Americans say they are avoiding public places, with the largest weekly declines seen to date in Gallup’s trends…
Apple Stores showing signs of change under new leader Deirdre O’Brien
Apple is evolving its in-store shopping experience with signage and display fixtures that remove ambiguity and encourage…
Apple Retail Store overcrowding is a problem worth solving
Increased customer awareness and more in-depth class content since the rollout of the “Today at Apple” learning sessions has led to bottlenecks…
Two years in, ‘Today at Apple’ is outgrowing Apple Retail Stores
The program has evolved so much, in fact, that it is beginning to outgrow the stores…
Former Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts appointed to Airbnb Board of Directors
Former Apple retail boss Angela Ahrendts is joining Airbnb’s board, the company announced Thursday…
Angela Ahrendts gives first interview since leaving Apple
How do you balance calculated decision-making with trusting your gut?
Mallpocalypse: Even Apple Stores can’t save dying shopping malls
Foot traffic at some of the best shopping centers across the country peaked around August 2018…
How Apple Retail Stores changed for the worse, says former store manager
When it comes to Apple stores, they’ve long been regarded as a fundamental pillar of the Apple experience…
Apple taking its in-store iPhone push too far by promoting upgrades instead of repairs?
It’s no secret that Apple has been pushing iPhone upgrades like never before…
Now is the time for Apple to re-think its retail priorities
The departure of Angela Ahrendts as Apple’s retail chief is a Rorschach test…
Ron Johnson: Apple Retail Stores ‘are a victim of their own success’
Apple has the premier retail experience. Under Angela Ahrendts they made significant improvements, but…
Angela Ahrendts’ post-Apple plans
Decked out in a striking Ralph Lauren pink turtleneck and coat…
New Apple retail chief Deirdre O’Brien receives stock grant worth up to $8.2 million
Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s new retail chief, has been handed restricted stock…
Who is Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s new head of retail?
Deirdre O’Brien has spent three decades at the center of Apple’s operations, personnel and sales….
Examining Angela Ahrendts’ five-year tenure as head of Apple Retail
When Angela Ahrendts steps down from Apple as senior Vice President, Retail, in April 2019…
Apple CEO Cook thanks Angela Ahrendts in company-wide memo to employees
Following the surprise press release yesterday from Apple that retail head Angela Ahrendts is abruptly leaving…
Apple names third retail chief in seven years
Apple Inc. named its third retail chief in seven years, seeking to shake up store operations…
Apple’s Angela Ahrendts to depart in April; Deirdre O’Brien named senior vice president of Retail + People
Apple today announced that Deirdre O’Brien is taking on new responsibilities for Apple’s retail and online stores…
Apple announces new ‘Today at Apple’ sessions
Apple today announced a new Today at Apple release with sessions in three new and expanded formats…
Apple’s Angela Ahrendts has a plan for next-gen retail
Angela Ahrendts stands on the snowy steps in front of the former Carnegie Library in Washington, DC…
Apple’s Michigan Avenue store selling for $79 million in one of Chicago’s most expensive retail real estate deals ever
Less than 18 months after buying Apple’s flagship store on the Chicago River, a Chicago investment firm is cashing out…
Claps and cheers: Apple stores’ carefully managed drama
Bright, uncluttered, and clad in glass, they couldn’t contrast more sharply with the big-box labyrinths they were designed to replace…
Apple’s spectacular Louvre store is closing
Apple has revealed that it will shutter its Apple Carrousel du Louvre retail store in Paris…
Slavish copier Samsung appeals $539 million verdict for peddling Apple iPhone knockoffs
The jury may have made a decision, but the fight isn’t over…
Amazon, Facebook and Google tiptoe toward monopoly, but not Apple
Imagine a not-too-distant future in which trustbusters force Facebook to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp…
Apple’s $539 million in damages is a ‘huge loss’ for iPhone knockoff peddler Samsung
Samsung Electronics Co. took a gamble when it appealed a finding it infringed Apple Inc.’s smartphone design patents…
‘Most ambitious’ Apple Retail Store put up for sale by Chicago landlord
The Chicago landlord of what Apple Inc. calls its ‘most ambitious store’ has put the building on the block…
Samsung, maker of iPhone knockoffs, denies knocking off Apple’s Animoji
Samsung Electronics Co.’s newest flagship phone is betting on animated emojis…
Apple’s first store in South Korea opens Saturday
Apple Garosugil will open in Seoul on Saturday at 10 am…
38% of Macs, but just 11% of iPhones sold in the past 12 months were sold directly by Apple
Apple’s retail stores are not consumer destinations for all of the company’s products…
U.S. retail sales record biggest increase in seven months
U.S. consumers boosted purchases of motor vehicles as well as discretionary spending…
Apple Retail Stores are saving many shopping malls from death
Appel Retail Stores have become the new mall anchor store, a role once held by department stores…
Apple by far the No. 1 retailer in sales per square foot, nearly double those of Tiffany & Co.
The #1 retailer in sales per square foot is Apple Inc., which did a staggering $5,546 per square foot…
Steve Jobs’ initial reaction to Apple Store’s Genius Bar: ‘That’s so idiotic!’
In 2000, when Apple hired Ron Johnson to create and run its first retail store…
The problem with Apple Pay
What’s not to like about Apple Pay? Once you set it up with a credit card…
Apple ordered to pay $2 million penalty following retail employee complaints over meal breaks
Apple has been ordered to cut a $2 million check for denying some of its retail workers meal breaks…
Apple’s iOS 10.2 has three nasty surprises
While iOS 10.2 does contain a fun surprise, it doesn’t bring the crucial fixes…
Apple store employee: iPhone battery replacement is a mess
Apple was quick to rectify the ‘random shut down’ issue affecting some iPhones by offering in-store battery replacements…
