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Mar 6 2012

No Temporary Apple Store for 2012 South By South West

In 2011, Apple opened a temporary Apple Store at the South By Southwest Interacive Festival, a gathering of social media, music and other media types.   The iPad 2 was released on March 2nd just as the festival was beginning and Apple made out handily.  However, Apple is confirming  that there will be  no such temporary store at this years SXSW event.

This year’s South By Southwest Interactive Festival is due to start on March 9th and go until March 18th.  With Apple now showing any interest in this years’ event, many are speculating that the iPad 3 or iPad HD as some are calling it will not be available until after the end of the festival.

Source: Statesman.com

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Mar 5 2012

Apple Specific Coupons Now on CouponBuzz

CouponBuzz has announced the immediate availability of Apple Inc. specific coupons on their website.   The Coupons which are available on the CouponBuzz website are specifically attuned to the special sales which the Apple Store offers.

According to CouponBuzz’s Senior Director, Justin Bowen, “The Apple Store is a wonderland of information and user-friendly interfaces that will walk the customer through every aspect of their new purchase.  Shopping online at the Apple Store is a truly enjoyably experience, one that is even more enjoyable if you have some great Apple coupon codes to apply at checkout.”

You can find the Apple Specific CouponBuzz page at:

http://couponbuzz.com/apple-coupons.html

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Jan 31 2012

Apple hires new Senior VP for Retail Position

Apple has hired John Browett, former CEO of Dixons Retail to be the new Senior VP in charge of Apple Stores world wide.

Press Release From Apple:

CUPERTINO, California—January 30, 2012—Apple® today announced that John Browett will join the company as senior vice president of Retail, reporting to Apple CEO Tim Cook. Browett comes to Apple from European technology retailer Dixons Retail, where he has been CEO since 2007. Beginning in April, he will be responsible for Apple’s retail strategy and the continued expansion of Apple retail stores around the world.

“Our retail stores are all about customer service, and John shares that commitment like no one else we’ve met,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We are thrilled to have him join our team and bring his incredible retail experience to Apple.”

Prior to joining Dixons Retail, Browett held a series of executive positions at Tesco plc including CEO of Tesco.com. Earlier in his career he advised retail and consumer goods clients at Boston Consulting Group. He holds a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and an MBA from Wharton Business School.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.


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Jan 24 2012

Apple Store worth nearly same as the White House

A report in CNN Money is claiming that the Apple stores are worth nearly as much as the White House is.   According to the report, a square foot of an Apple store moves an average of $4,709 per square foot while the the White House is worth $4,752 per square foot.

Just my opinion but since Apple is doing it every year, wouldn’t that make the Apple store more valuable?

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Jan 22 2012

When You Think of Harrods, Do You Think of Apple?

Soon, people may have to begin thinking of Apple and Harrods in the same sentence.  A report in 9 to 5 Mac is reporting that there will soon be an in store Apple store at Haarrods.  Harrods was sold in 2010 to the Qatar Investment Authority by then owner Mohamed Al-Fayed.   in foot traffic, the Harrods store could have more traffic than any other store other than the grand central station store which was recently opened by Apple, Inc.

Source: 9 to 5 mac

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Jan 16 2012

Apple opening store in Basel Switzerland

According to MacPrime.ch, there are now plans to open an Apple Store in Basel, Switzerland sometime around the middle of 2013.  As of yet, the plans are unconfirmed by Apple, Inc, however, a blueprint of the store shows that they will be opening a bi-level store with approximately 7500 square feet.

Source: ifoAppleStore.com

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Jan 11 2012

Big Business to spend about $19 Billion on Apple this year

A report in CIO states that Enterprise level corporations will likely put about $19 billion USD into purchases from Apple, Inc. this year according to the research firm Forrester Research.  This is nearly 20% of the corporate market and will likely increase to a total of $28 Billion USD in 2013. Most of the purchases will be for iPads and Macs according to the report.

The iPad has made major inroads into many enterprise level corporations including the airlines and hospitals as well as many market companies and banks.  With this type of exposure at this level, it is likely to only increase the demand for the product exponentially.  According to the report of the top 400 companies in the US, 92 percent of them are using the latest iPads.

Source:  CIO

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Dec 20 2011

Apple Offers Free Next Day Shipping for Late Shoppers

Apple in their infinite wisdom, ave offered those folks who have not purchased their Christmas gifts yet, the possibility of purchasing them and still getting them to the person’s door by the 24th.  Unfortunately this offer is for non-customized, non-engraved items and the offer ends tomorrow, 21 December 2011.

For more information about the offer check out Apple’s holiday shipping  web page at:

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/holiday/shippingo

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Dec 12 2011

Apple’s Mac App Store Reached 100 Million Downloads

In just under a year, Apple has reached 100 million downloads of Apps for the Mac, this according to a press release put out by Apple today.  The Mac store which was started to support Mac OS X, has been growing in leaps and bounds and currently has thousands of apps and has reached this milestone in a very short time.

They also announced that the iPhone App Store, which is the example upon which the Mac App Store is built now has over 500,000 apps online and has had over 18 Billion downloads.  According to Apple, the downloads have reached the one billion downloads per month on the iPhone App Store.

These numbers are proving all of those in the software industry wrong in a major way.  Many people did not want to give Apple 30% of their software profits but due to sheer numbers, many of these same software manufacturers are now taking the “if you cant beat them, join them” attitude in order to stay competitive and relevant in the very tough market and even tougher economy.  This numbers game has been the driving factor plus the fact that developers can now go international with very little effort.

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Dec 9 2011

Who Needs MacWorld Expo — Apple proves again why they dont.

At 10:00 am EST, Apple made a move that will send shock waves through the world of computing forever.   They opened their biggest and brightest store yet, right smack dab in the middle of Grand Central Station.  Long, the center piece of the New York existence, Grand Central serves more than a million people every day.

Even though MacWorld Expo 2002 in Tokyo boasted some of the highest numbers ever for an Apple based event, coming in at 198,000 attendees over a three day period, it is expected that more than 75,000 people will grace the halls of the Grand Central Station Apple Store today.

While these large numbers do not translate to pure sales always, it does translate to being in the sub-conscious mind and if only 75,000 people enter the store, how many more people actually see the store.   To put it bluntly out there for all the folks, this move alone will translate into millions of dollars in free advertising for Apple, without even having to place a single ad on TV.

One can look around and see that there are many stores that try to go glitzy, it is Apple, with it’s wide, open, clean look complete with lines and lines of Macs and iPad 2′s on the high table tops which garners the attention of many folks.  The ability to walk in, look at the items, actually feel it in ones hands, and use the product in line with what Steve Jobs had in mind, is what sells these folks and makes them tell their friends about the product.  The general trend is for stores to downsize in this day and age and eliinate product lines, however, Apple with their slim product lines and their clean, easy to use equipment, is making money faster than anyone else in the industry.

The other thing Apple is doing is garnering market share.   The general trend is that the first person to bring a product to market will garner 100% of the market share.  However, as is the case with the iPod and iPhone, many companies have tried to copy the styles, and have indeed captured some market share, but if you ever wanted to dominate a market, then the Grand Central Station Apple Store is the way to go.  It is loud, large, bold, and out there for all to see and will remain in the minds of the people walking by even if they never actually step into the store.  It is essentially the equivalent to having a MacWorld Expo every day of the year.

Thus, while many folks decried the fact that Apple left the MacWorld Expo arena and caused the cancellation of the Tokyo, Paris and Boston versions of the show, they have once again proved to the world that, Yes, Apple does have the right idea and No, they dont need MacWorld Expo or anything else that takes so much of their resources and efforts.

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