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The unedited Q&A: Apple retail employees respond to NYT’s profile, share life from inside Apple Retail Stores
Over the weekend, The New York Times profiled Apple’s retail operations…
Apple opens first retail store in London, Ontario; hundreds queue for grand opening
For months, 16-year-old Matt Chappelle heard the rumours, watched the store…
Apple announces Apple Camp summer filmmaking camp for kids
At Apple Camp, kids ages 8-12 learn how to shoot their own footage,..
Dvorak: The real reason for Surface tablets is to lure people into Microsoft stores
None of Microsoft’s partners have any idea what the long term intentions…
Apple Retail Stores plan all-hands-on-deck meetings this week
Apple Retail teams around the U.S. are planning all-hands-on-deck meetings…
Best Buy founder Schulze abruptly resigns, explores options for sale of his 20% stake
Best Buy Co founder and largest shareholder Richard Schulze abruptly resigned…
Apple Store Stanford v. 2.0 rendering shows huge rectangular all-glass box with floating white roof
he design mirrors the architecture proposed in March to city of Portland and also plans for a store in city center Aix in Provence…
Why authorities waive rents and taxes to land Apple Retail Stores
The lure of an Apple Store can be so great that local authorities are doing all they can…
J.C. Penney reports loss and plummeting sales in 1Q
J.C. Penney on Tuesday reported a larger-than-expected loss in the first quarter…
Apple Retail Stores ‘bulging at the seams’ at 8400 average square feet; expansion needed
Apple’s original vision for its retail operations is proving too small…
Apple grants 100,000 shares to new retail head John Browett
Apple’s new Senior VP of Retail John Browett has been on the job since April 20th…
New Apple Store scheduling rules to squeeze employees
Just months after appointing a new retail chief, and in the midst of continuing workplace…
Take a rare look behind-the-scenes at an Apple Retail Store
Hundreds of people coursed through the Apple Store…
John Lewis sales boosted by Apple’s new iPad
Britain’s biggest department store chain John Lewis said…
Apple now nearly worth more than entire U.S. retail sector
Apple is notoriously deft in retail. Its stores bring in by far more dollars per square foot…
Apple TV now almost entirely sold out worldwide
Resellers are known to have run out weeks ago…
Square’s new app turns Apple’s iPad into full-blown cash register (with video)
Square, the startup that democratized credit-card transactions…
Apple Store Amsterdam to celebrate grand opening on Saturday, March 3rd
The Apple Retail Store in Amsterdam will celebrate its Grand Opening…
U.S. stocks slip on weaker than expected January retail sales; Apple up on ‘iPad mini’ report
U.S. stocks slipped as January’s retail sales were weaker than expected…
Apple’s retail stores increased sales by nearly 60% in Christmas 2011 quarter
Apple’s retail stores increased sales by nearly 60% in Q4…
Microsoft to open retail store by Apple Store The Domain in Austin, Texas
The new Microsoft retail store will open in northern Austin’s Domain shopping center, where Apple…
Eyebrows raised over Apple’s hiring of Dixons CEO to run Apple Retail Stores
It would be safe to say that eyebrows were raised at news that Apple is hiring John Browett…
A single Apple Retail Store is worth as much as the White House
It is by far the most valuable chain in the U.S…
Apple plans Apple Retail Stores in India, says official
Apple Inc. may open its own shops in India soon…
Target to open Apple Stores-within-a-store in 25 locations
Target said on Thursday that it planned to add Apple centers at 25 of its retail locations…
Apple store-within-a-store outlets coming to Target this year, sources say
Apple will be opening new store-within-a-store locations in select Target locations later this year…
Walmart buys developers of Obama, Starbucks, Amazon apps
Walmart has acquired Portland, Ore.-based Small Society, a mobile application dev…
Apple to begin construction on new prototype Palo Alto Store featuring glass, stone, and steel
Work is set to begin “any day now” on a prototype Apple store in the heart of downtown Palo Alto…
Apple Retail Stores: How much is too much of a good thing?
The challenge for Apple is balance…
How productive is an Apple store employee?
An Apple Retail Store employee creates sales at the rate of about…
Apple killed it this Black Friday; tidal wave of sales hit Apple Retail Stores
Buyers aren’t looking for tablets, they’re looking for iPads…
A rare inside look inside Apple Retail and the company’s ‘Spot-the-Shopper’ technology
A Black Friday visit to the Apple Store in Palo Alto, Calif., offered a glimpse…
New J.C. Penney CEO Johnson hiring former Apple co-workers
In a little over a week as chief executive of J.C. Penney Co., Ron Johnson…
Every Apple Retail Storefront in photos
Scanning the gallery, you can see that Apple follows certain conventions, but…
Steve Jobs revolutionized retail and publishing, too
Steve Jobs was probably the most outstanding merchant in our history…
Apple settles with Queens stores over knockoffs
Two stores in Queens, New York, accused of peddling unauthorized Apple Inc…
Lowe’s equips employees with 42,000 Apple iPhones
Lowe’s Cos. is enhancing its website and equipping store employees…
Apple’s iPad already replacing cash registers by the bushel
Mobile payments may still be in the infant stage, but mobile devices, especially Apple products…
Apple discontinues slew of boxed retail software
Apple on Wednesday discontinued a long list of boxed software products…
Apple set to open a new retail store every 50 hours on average thru September 25, 2011
Apple has had over 1 billion visitors through Apple Retail Store doors…
Microsoft plans retail shop near first Apple Retail Store
Microsoft’s policy of shadowing Apple in its retail openings will reach…
