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Let the comparisons begin—the Apple store at The Shops at Mission Viejo (S. Calif.) will re-open after a major remodeling at 5 a.m. on Black Friday, just 360 feet away from the Microsoft store that opened in the mall on October 29th. The Apple store is on the same level and within the same hallway as [...]

Apple continues to rush towards Black Friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, by opening two more retail stores this weekend in New England—Greenwich Avenue (Conn.) and Pheasant Lane (Nashua, NH). The former store adds to coverage in the metro New York City region, while the latter location adds a second store to [...]

Whatever it takes to excite New Yorkers, it’s not a $40 million Apple store, with a 35-foot tall glass façade and 45-foot stone walls and a spiral glass staircase and set on a conspicuous Broadway street corner in Manhattan. Fewer than 20 people weathered an irritating all-night drizzle in front of the new Upper West [...]

Just after 4 p.m. a 15 year-old local boy became the first person in line at the new Upper West Side Apple store, layered with three New York Jets sweatshirts and a wool cap. The time before his arrival was rather slow, with only one visible employee training session held on the giant display floor [...]

According to Ron Johnson, “Our stores are too small.” That may be hard to believe, since the Sr. V-P for Apple Retail was standing in the largest single interior space of any Apple store on the planet, the Upper West Side (NYC) store set to open on Saturday at 10 a.m. But he was serious, [...]

On Wednesday evening workers removed the plastic covering over the enormous glass storefront of the Upper West Side (NYC) retail store at 67th Street and Broadway, revealing a single, stone-walled room lit by ceiling lights at night, and flooded with sunlight during the day. Besides the ground-level space with four rows of display tables, there [...]

Apple has announced that the Chermside (Brisbane) retail store will hold its grand opening this Saturday at 10 a.m. It will be the first store for the Brisbane region and the sixth store in the country. The store is set inside the Westfield Chermside shopping mall, north of city center.

First it was EasyPay portable computers that made holiday shopping faster at Apple’s retail stores during the holiday sales rush, and then came dedicated areas to grab-and-go an iPod or laptop. Now Apple hopes to make store shopping even quicker with its new Reserve and Pick Up service, which allows buyers to shop on-line for [...]

Thousands of visitors from several countries visited the new Carrousel du Louvre (Paris) store on Saturday, including a hearty band of 22 who began the wait outside the famous Louvre Museum in 40-degree temperatures and rain. There were at least 500 in line at 10 a.m. to examine the country’s first Apple store, which also [...]

The day before the grand opening of the Carrousel du Louvre (Paris) retail store was busy for Apple, but quiet for the waiting line, which by 7 p.m. number just five persons. Arthur arrived as the first person in line at 1:52 p.m., followed by the second at 2:48 p.m. So far we have representatives [...]

Apple will open a store in Stuttgart (Germany), possibly during the first part of 2010. The exact location of the store hasn’t been identified, but a source has said that the store will open “soon.” The store would be the third store in the country, after Hamburg and Munich.

The grand opening of the Upper West Side (NYC) retail store has been scheduled for Saturday, November 14th at 10 a.m. The store’s Web site repeats the theme of the red velvet curtain currently covering the glass façade of the store. Previous Manhattan stores have opened on Fridays at 6 p.m., it’s not clear why [...]

Rather than overpower one of the world’s great treasures, the new Carrousel du Louvre (Paris ) Apple store presents a proper yet distinctive appearance. The architects have taken a very minimalist approach to the underground storefront, essentially just using glass to fill open spaces in the perimeter walls facing a huge, inverted glass triangle that [...]

The Apple stores will soon dump their current Windows-based portable computers and begin using customized iPod touch devices to wirelessly process customer credit and debit cards and, for the first time, to allow all employees to accept cash for purchases. According to information reviewed by IFO, Apple has designed and manufactured a slip-on plastic shell [...]

The grand opening of a grand Carrousel de Louvre (Paris) Apple store is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday, and IFO will be there cover all aspects of the waiting line, the opening ceremonies and the store interior design. There is a chance of rain every day this week, and temperatures on in the low [...]