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Apple Store Down - November 27 (Black Friday) [Updated]

In what is simple routine at Apple, the company’s web store has been taken down for maintenance to be updated with Black Friday sales. Although no price cuts have been confirmed by the Mac maker, Apple has historically offered discounts on its products between the 23rd and the 29th of November, when Black Frida...

27 November 2009
02:43 GMT

Apple Announces Black Friday Shopping Event

As any US resident will tell you, Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States, which is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season. This Friday, Apple is likely to offer discounts on some of its products. The Mac maker has started sending out emails to those subscribed for recei...

23 November 2009
03:39 GMT

Upper West Side (NY) Store Opening Set for Saturday

Apple has confirmed plans to open its newest retail store yet on Saturday, November 14, at 10:00 a.m. Located at 1981 Broadway, on the corner of West 67th Street (New York Upper West Side), the store lies beneath what Apple calls “a breathtaking all-glass arched roof.” The Apple Store Upper West Side is j...

13 November 2009
04:17 GMT

Apple Intros 'Reserve and Pick Up' Method for Customers

Although not necessarily 100% unique, Apple has announced a new program for customers, in light of the holiday season - Reserve and Pick Up. Claiming to make it easy not only to purchase an Apple product as a gift, but also efficient, the Mac maker promises your purchase will be waiting for you at the Apple retail st...

9 November 2009
08:25 GMT

Apple Store Back Up with Holiday Offers

This weekend, Apple pulled down its online store for maintenance, in what was an expected move on behalf of the Mac maker. Following the “outage,” the company’s web store was soon back up with holiday-stuff, with great options for iPods, iMacs, and even non-Apple products in order for them to make g...

9 November 2009
04:28 GMT

Apple Opens Louvre (Paris) Retail Store

Apple has opened the first of a series of stores planned for Paris, which includes a location in Montpellier, and one store near the Garnier opera house, which Apple hopes to open by the summer of 2010. The first store is located in the Carrousel du Louvre. Present at the time of the opening was none other than the r...

6 November 2009
02:50 GMT

Here’s Apple’s New iPod touch-Based EasyPay Checkout

ifoAppleStore has confirmed that Apple is now switching to iPod touch for customer checkout at its retail stores. The source earlier revealed that Apple had decided to make a few adjustments with its retail establishments and the employees in charge with selling its products. Changes not only include the replacing of...

5 November 2009
09:55 GMT

Tipsters Reveal More Apple Retail-Store Changes Ahead of Holiday Season

People familiar with Apple’s plans have been talking to ifoAppleStore about the Mac maker’s latest retail initiatives, and how substantial changes to the retail employee job titles and duties will be made during the month to follow. The news comes on the heels of another ifo report revealing that staffers...

2 November 2009
10:05 GMT

Apple Store Down [Updated]

As expected by many, Apple has taken its online store down for maintenance, possibly updating the venue with new versions of the all-in-one desktop Macintosh – the iMac – as well as new, beefed-up MacBooks. Softpedia wouldn’t say the discontinuing of one or two products is far-fetched either. It is...

20 October 2009
10:26 GMT

Apple Special Deals Featuring MacBook Pro at $999, Apple TV for $149

People looking to own an Apple TV or a MacBook computer with no money to spare are encouraged to check out Apple’s latest Special Deals. Pre-owned, yet refurbished Apple TVs start at just $149, while Apple’s most popular Mac – the 13-inch MacBook – can be owned for just $849. Read on for the ...

19 October 2009
06:24 GMT

Apple Store Cleaning Is Complicated Business

One of the most recent subjects picked up by ifoAppleStore, the source dealing exclusively with Apple’s retail initiatives and trends, is cleaning at the Apple retail store. Apparently, the job is a highly specialized one, especially when it comes to grand openings. The Mac maker actually has an expert company ...

1 October 2009
06:57 GMT

Apple Store Down - New iMacs Might Launch Sooner than Expected [Updated]

In what is a rather surprising event, Apple has taken down its web store for updates, suggesting that new price cuts are in order for the company’s line of software and / or hardware products. With no major events scheduled, and an already introduced new iPod line, the Mac maker is likely upgrading the capabili...

29 September 2009
03:09 GMT

Apple Closes Down Three More Stores for Renovations

Although Apple is said to be merely replacing tables in three of its stores recently closed down for renovations, such changes imply other cosmetic alterations, forcing the company to pull the curtain over the stores’ entrances for a short period of time. “Visitors to the Pacific Centre (Vancouver, BC), ...

28 September 2009
09:05 GMT

Apple Store Down Ahead of iPod Event

In what looks like somewhat of an early move, Apple has taken down its online store to update it with whatever it plans on introducing at today’s event hosted at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. With the price cuts posted earlier today for three of the company’s iPods (nano, classic ...

9 September 2009
10:40 GMT

Apple Store Thieves Run Away with 23 Macs, 14 iPhones

The Sagemore (NJ) Apple retail store has become quite attractive for burglars, for it has been vandalized the second time in just four months by thieves breaking their way in and running away with dozens of thousands of dollars' worth of goods. ifoAppleStore, the source dealing exclusively with news and inform...

3 September 2009
08:46 GMT

Apple Web Store Officially Intros Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Yesterday, Apple’s online store officially introduced the newest version of Apple’s operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The company encourages visitors of its store to pre-order the next-gen software so they can have it delivered on debut. The same page lists all the enhancements and refinements...

25 August 2009
02:27 GMT

Apple Mistakenly Posts Mac OS X Snow Leopard Box Set Availability

The Apple Online store briefly listed the Box Set containing Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard yesterday, with Apple claiming the software would ship within 24 hours from purchase. The mistake was rapidly corrected by the company by pulling the offer, as the new OS is not yet shipping. The error seems to corroborate with ru...

20 August 2009
02:59 GMT

Apple Stores in the News (Aug 12, 2009)

Apple is known to be opening as many as three new retail stores this weekend, yet the company seems to be focusing on upgrading existing ones rather than on opening stores at new locations, ifoAppleStore reports. Stores to be remodeled The source dealing exclusively with news and information about Apple’s ret...

12 August 2009
10:31 GMT

Man Shoots Apple Store Employe, Gets Away

The Arlington County Police Department Homicide/Robbery Unit is investigating a shooting that occurred in North Arlington this weekend – an African American male in his 20s shot an Apple store female employee and then fled. According to the police report, customers and employees were in the Apple retail store a...

6 July 2009
04:13 GMT

Apple Store Reward Program Shrouded in Mystery

ifoAppleStore, the only source dealing exclusively with Apple retail topics, reports that Apple store employees are rewarded with a Mac laptop if they manage to meet their daily goals. While the practice isn’t new, additional details about this internal program have surfaced, giving birth to a flurry of questio...

17 June 2009
06:12 GMT

Renderings Show Apple's New Beijing Store

ifoAppleStore, the primary source of information on Apple's retail stores, points out to some architectural renderings on a public web site, which (seemingly) depict the design for Apple’s upcoming Beijing (China) store. The designs reportedly belong to American architect Benjamin Wood, while the store in ...

4 June 2009
09:59 GMT

New One to One Training Service Available from Apple

Apple has introduced new One to One training sessions at its retail stores. The sessions cost $99 for a full year. One to One is available only for Mac buyers, and only at the time of the purchase on a first-come, first-served basis. Apple has broken down One to One in three major categories, providing three ways to...

3 June 2009
03:54 GMT

Apple Announces Free Summer Workshop for Kids

Apple has posted an announcement on its website's retail section revealing that, beginning the week of July 13, Apple stores will offer a series of three-hour workshops where kids will be introduced to movie making, photography and music on a Mac. The summer workshops where children learn how to make great stuff...

25 May 2009
02:49 GMT

Zurich Apple Retail Store Revealed in Pictures

ifoAppleStore, the source dealing exclusively with news and information about Apple's retail stores, has posted a collection of pictures taken before and after the opening of the Zurich Apple Store, Bahnhofstrasse. The Apple Store at 77 Bahnhofstrasse (Zurich) is Apple’s third store in Switzerland. Opene...

22 May 2009
03:23 GMT

Happy Birthday Apple Retail Stores

Today marks seven years since Apple decided to have its own chain of retail stores, despite criticism coming from analysts at the time. Today, we celebrate the May 19, 2001 grand opening of the first store at Tysons Corner Center (Virg.) and, three hours later, the opening of the Glendale Galleria (S. Calif.) store, ...

19 May 2009
10:55 GMT

Did You Know: Apple's Store Logos Are Made by a 132-Year-Old Company

Care to know where the company behind the Mac OS “grows” the apples for its retail store logos? A recent ifoAppleStore piece sheds light on the topic, revealing that Apple has them retail logos made over at The Thomas Swan Sign Co., Inc., a company that's been in business for almost a century and a h...

6 May 2009
06:16 GMT

Apple Took Online Store Down for UI Maintenance

On Sunday, Apple's online store was down for what were rumored to be price cuts for the company's Macintosh line of computers. However, as soon as the store was back up, no observable changes were spotted, as far as pricing went. Apple did, however, perform maintenance on the store's interface, particu...

4 May 2009
06:05 GMT

Apple Store Down

In what is a much expected move on behalf of Apple, the Cupertino-based Mac maker has taken down its online store to update it with new stuff. The question on everyone's minds is: what is Apple preparing to launch / update?The company behind the Mac operating system usually takes down its store at this particula...

7 April 2009
07:08 GMT

iPod Explodes in Kid's Pocket, Parent Sues Apple

Ten employees of the Kenwood Towne Centre (Ohio) Apple store are now co-defendants in a defective product lawsuit filed by the parent of a child whose iPod touch exploded in his pocket, injuring him. According to suit filings, the kid was allegedly burned when his iPod touch “caught on fire.”Named only as...

14 March 2009
12:07 GMT

Apple Store Down – New iPods Rumored [UPDATED]

Apple has taken its online store down for a quick updating of its listings. Word on the web is that Apple's new products are 4GB iPod shuffles in several fresh colors. The current model is available in five colors and comes with a maximum 2GB of storage for $69.A post over at MacRumors cites “one sour...

11 March 2009
07:48 GMT

Apple Store Down – Mac Upgrades Half Confirmed

Earlier today, we were still skeptical about the latest leaks concerning new Macs, but Apple has indirectly confirmed those rumors. The Apple online store is down, showing the “We'll be back soon” sign.Yesterday, leaks of new Mac model numbers appeared to confirm an older discovery of six new Apple p...

3 March 2009
06:43 GMT

Apple Creates New Job Position

Apple will soon begin hiring staff for Family Room Specialist – a job position recently created by the company. This specialist will need to be well versed in the ways of the iPod and iPhone, according to ifoAppleStore, but will also need to be a sociable person, in order to juggle with service and training ass...

2 March 2009
02:56 GMT

France Gets Surprise Apple Store

ifoAppleStore, the source exclusively covering news and information on Apple's retail initiatives worldwide, reports that France is getting two new Apple stores this year. One of the upcoming French stores had previously been reported as planned. The second, however, comes as a surprise, the source points out.&l...

23 February 2009
10:17 GMT

Apple Sets Grand Opening for First 2009 Store

Almost one year after it was scheduled to open, Apple has finally confirmed the opening date for its first retail store at Friendly Center Greensboro, North Carolina. Apple's Friendly Center store is set for a Grand Opening this weekend, Saturday, February 21.According to an older ifoAppleStore report citing a m...

18 February 2009
07:08 GMT

Apple Stores to Focus on Software, Greensboro Opening Set

ifoAppleStore, the only source focusing on Apple retail news, claims that Apple plans to refocus space within the stores, in an effort to promote customer education, and software over hardware. Also, in the Apple retail segment, the opening date has finally been set for Apple’s retail store at Friendly Center (...

13 February 2009
05:49 GMT

Apple May Have to Give Up on Georgetown Store

A very interesting DcExaminer report has caught our eye recently. It concerns the Washington DC store that still hasn't been approved because of discrepancies in vision between Apple and the Old Georgetown Board. The columnist apparently has confirmation from well placed sources that Neil Albert, deputy mayor fo...

12 February 2009
05:09 GMT

Apple Shortening the Process of Making a Buy

ifoAppleStore, the source dealing exclusively with news and information about Apple retail stores, reports that the Mac maker has adopted yet another strategy to speed up the process of making an acquisition in its stores – placing shopping bags under the display tables.“Apple now have a complete purchasi...

10 February 2009
08:42 GMT

New Stores for Europe, DC Store Still in the Dark

ifoAppleStore is reporting that two new Apple retail stores are set to open in Europe soon. Both Germany and Italy are getting their second stores, with indication that Apple is already hiring staff for Italy's store. Also reported by the source dealing exclusively with Apple retail news is that a fresh Washingt...

6 February 2009
10:03 GMT

Apple Adds Refurbs to Beef Up Business in China

A Reuters report points out to a new Apple initiative in China. According to the Chinese version of the Apple web site, the company is having a refurb frenzy in China. Apparently, the iPod maker believes refurbs can potentially help beef up its business in the country, the report says. "We kicked off the campaign at ...

20 January 2009
06:23 GMT

Philly Store Under Construction, Utah Store Hit by Burglars – Apple Retail

ifoAppleStore has picked up on an old, but “rekindled” rumor of Philadelphia's first Apple retail store being under construction. The source dealing exclusively with news and information about Apple's retail stores also has a story on burglars driving into a Utah store, running away with tens of...

20 January 2009
05:28 GMT

Macworld Keynote – Schiller's Take on Apple Stores, Pullout

Although Apple had already confirmed that Macworld 2009 was the last for the Mac maker, Phil Schiller insisted on pointing out to the company's reasons for the pullout once again, while delivering the keynote address. Going by Apple's official statement, the company's retail stores attract so many cus...

9 January 2009
06:10 GMT

Apple Store Down, Goodies Are (Likely) Up

As expected, Apple's online store is down. The company's staff is undoubtedly updating the venue with goodies yet to be announced at the Macworld Expo today. So, here's what you should expect.17-inch MacBook ProLast week, rumor had it that Apple's yet-incomplete family of “unibody” not...

6 January 2009
13:37 GMT

Apple Store Posts 'Everything' for iPhone, Mac, iPod

Hinting at the end of Apple's offers for 2008-2009, the Mac maker's online store is featuring three new sections dedicated to iPhone, Mac, and iPod add-ons, including countless accessories and software. Everything for iPhone includes cases, hands-free headsets, bluetooth car kits, charge stations, and docks...

5 January 2009
02:41 GMT

More Apple Stores Opening in 2009

ifoAppleStore is reporting that, despite the economic downturn, tipsters have told them Apple is planning a good number of store openings in 2009 as well. In fact, according to the site's analysis, some 11 shops are expected to open their doors in the first half of the next year. “Despite the economic cris...

30 December 2008
03:19 GMT

Did You Know: Apple Stores Accept Mentally Disabled Applicants

Many love Apple for its efforts to stay green, while others simply love the company just for its cool computers and portables. But, how high would Apple rank in your book, if we were to tell you that among the company's policies for hiring retail staff there is one that gives the green light to applicants with p...

23 December 2008
10:55 GMT

Apple Stores Staying Open Late During the Holidays

Sources are reporting that Apple has announced late hours for its retail stores during the Christmas holiday season for those who can't make up their minds on the gifts just yet. A MacDailyNews piece says that “The company's retail stores are staying open late to accommodate last-minute shoppers.&rdqu...

23 December 2008
05:13 GMT

Resellers Adopting Look and Feel of Apple Retail Stores

While some resellers die at the hand of Apple, other authorized merchants thrive thanks to support from the Cupertino-folks themselves. ifoAppleStore is reporting that an authorized Apple reseller in London is set to move into a new 3,200 square-foot facility early next year. The site dealing exclusively with Apple...

22 December 2008
09:54 GMT

New Apple Store to Put Reseller Out of Business

A local Apple reseller in Santa Barbara (Calif.) may be put out of business, after a new Apple retail store opens in the city next year, ifoAppleStore is reporting. The source dealing exclusively with news and information about Apple's retail stores reveals that Craig Smith, a friend of Mike Bishop's, inter...

10 December 2008
06:34 GMT

Apple Adds New Job Position: 'Personal Shopping Specialist'

Apple has added a new job position at its retail stores, called “Personal Shopping Specialist,” according to ifoAppleStore. The source dealing exclusively with Apple store news also mentions that the new position emphasizes “connecting” and “relationships.” Previously, specialists ...

3 December 2008
10:28 GMT

Jim Heid Present at the Apple Store, San Francisco on December 6

Apple has announced a “Holiday Keepsakes” workshop with Jim Heid at the San Francisco Store (One Stockton Street). Jim Heid is the author of "The Macintosh iLife '08,” a book that offers insight on the applications found within Apple's iLife suite. Apple encourages San Francisco residents ...

2 December 2008
07:56 GMT


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