Tag: Apple stores

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. …

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?

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….

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

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…