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Putting Apple's retail traffic into perspective

by Matt Tinsley (Feb 13th, 2013)

Two days ago, during an interview with Bill Shope at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook mentioned some 120 million people walked through the doors of Apple's 394 (approximately) stores open in 2012. To put the magnitude of those 120 million visitors into ...

Apple planning May event to celebrate its 10-year retail anniversary

by Chris Ward (Apr 21st, 2011)

Get your glad rags out, because it looks like Apple's preparing to celebrate the 10th birthday of its first retail stores at the end of next month. Employees have been told they can't request any vacation time in late May, possibly because Apple's planning some sort of event to mark the ...

Personal shopping discontinued in Apple Stores

by Sam Abuelsamid (Nov 3rd, 2010)

Apple retail stores are typically very busy places. While the staff are very helpful, customers generally have to wait around a bit before being served. Fortunately, Apple has offered a reservation system for services like the Genius Bar and training sessions. Unfortunately, one previously ...

Apple retail store sales climb 8%

by Mel Martin (Apr 28th, 2010)

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, ...

Customizable Mac Pros available at Apple Retail Stores

by Scott McNulty (Aug 25th, 2006)

Apple is trying out something new with the Mac Pro: one base configuration and endless configuration possibilities, including adding more RAM, hard drives and the like. Apple claims that this scheme gives people more flexibility than their old way of having three models to choose amongst. The first ...