Apple retail store sales climb 8%
Apple just continues to ignore the bad economic conditions -- sales at Apple Stores have reportedly gone up 8% during the quarter that ended in March. That's a pretty wholesome figure considering no new Apple computers were offered -- before you protest and ask about the iPad and the new MacBooks, don't forget that that's all happened since April started. So there was more traffic in the stores even before there were new shinies to buy.This good news for Apple comes from analyst Charlie Wolf, from Needham & Company. He told investors that the March numbers followed 19.8 percent year-over-year growth of same-store sales in December. In March of last year, Mac retail sales were down about 22%.
Same-store year-over-year March Mac revenues were up 31.2 percent, while non-Mac revenues -- including software, iPhones, iPods and accessories increased by 14.5 percent. Starting in September of 2003, Apple has opened 123 U.S. stores. Apple's U.S. market share went from 3% to 9% according to Morgan Stanley. Those are numbers any company would covet.
[Via AppleInsider]
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I think the 8% is due to the iPad, no?
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I don't see what the red arrow is pointing at.
April 29 2010 at 12:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's pointing to "up" at a roughly 8% grade slope (not to scale).
April 29 2010 at 2:10 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt always freaks me out when I see my local Apple Store on this site. You people live in the internet, not in my neighborhood!
I swear, that tinfoil hat has to be around here somewhere...
Nice to know that I'll have contributed to their April numbers. Got a Macbook last Sunday and I am more than happy..
April 28 2010 at 8:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMe too, my first Mac last Sat
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