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Apple's first store in South Australia to open on Saturday

by Michael Grothaus (May 21st, 2013)

Apple has announced that its next Apple store will open at Rundle Place Centre in Adelaide, South Australia this Saturday. It will be the first Apple Store in South Australia. This will bring the number of Apple's retail stores in Australia up to 20. Rundle Place Centre is a four-story shopping ...

'Spaceship Campus' architecture firm to revamp Apple retail stores

by Steven Sande (Apr 10th, 2013)

Marketing Magazine is reporting today that architecture firm Foster + Partners, which is working on the design of Apple's new Cupertino campus, has been hired to create new designs for Apple Stores. Apple's previous architect of choice was 8 Inc, which has been responsible for such iconic ...

Evidence points to new Netherlands Apple Store

by Matt Tinsley (Mar 14th, 2013)

It looks like Haarlem, The Netherlands will soon have the luxury of a new Apple Store along Grote Houtstraat, a prime retail location in a popular pedestrian walkway in the city. ifoAppleStore reports that construction has begun on the ground floor of what appears to be the beginnings of an ...

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 ...

Retail VP Jerry McDougal leaves Cupertino

by Kelly Guimont (Jan 15th, 2013)

For those playing the home version of Apple's Corporate Shuffle, you may recall that John Browett was shown the door last October, leaving Apple without a hand at the retail rudder during the holiday season. We have noted they are still looking, and one of the names bandied about was Jerry ...

Use the F-word to quickly reach a real person at AppleCare

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 26th, 2012)

Today TNW spotlights a helpful tip (originally posted on Reddit) that can help you get through to a real person faster when calling the AppleCare helpline: drop the F-word. Like many of us, the Reddit user grew frustrated navigating through the numeric automated telelphone system menu and ...

East Coast Apple Stores batten down for Hurricane Sandy

by Chris Rawson (Oct 29th, 2012)

Just like most everyone else on the East Coast of the United States, Apple Stores in five states, D.C. and Canada are making preparations for "Frankenstorm" Hurricane Sandy. ifoAppleStore.com reports that between 35 and 50 stores may close in the northeastern US and Canada (if they haven't ...

Thieves smash car into Leawood, Kansas Apple Store

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Oct 12th, 2012)

If you can't strong-arm your way past Apple's security, smash your car into the store instead. That's what someone or a group of people did at the Apple Store in Leawood, Kan., early this morning. Fox 4 from Kansas City reports that police are looking for a suspect or multiple suspects that ...

Apple to open first Swedish retail store

by Mike Schramm (Aug 27th, 2012)

A visit to a mall in Sweden by Swedish site IDG.se has confirmed (by the familiar black covering and the Apple logo) that there is indeed a new store opening up near Stockholm. The Täby Spectrum shopping center will host that country's first Apple Store, starting on September 15. Apple's ...

Apple retail chiefs refute layoffs, address employees

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 16th, 2012)

Apple's new retail chief, John Browett, told leadership teams in Apple Stores that the mothership (not his words) "messed up" (his words). In a rare gaffe, Browett's team apparently tried what Dow Jones Newswires says were new staffing formulas. This led to shifts being cut and general ...

Apple's employee hardware discount program officially begins

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 21st, 2012)

Apple employees can now take part in a new Employee Purchase Plan which started on Wednesday, says a report by MacNN. The discount offers employees $500 off select Mac computers and $250 off iPads. It does not include the low-price Mac mini or the Retina MacBook Pro. The discount also is ...

Apple adds 'Answers from the community' to product web pages

by Chris Rawson (Mar 19th, 2012)

Apple has added a new "Answers from the community" section to its product pages on the Apple Store. Something similar to this called "Questions and answers" has been around for awhile for accessories sold on the Apple site, but it's now been expanded to Apple's marquee Mac, iPad, iPhone, and iPod ...

Apple resellers in Europe say inventory delays affecting business

by Steven Sande (Feb 8th, 2012)

Life is a bit difficult for Apple's Premium Resellers in Europe now that the company is expanding retail locations throughout the continent. A post by France's Les Echos profiles a complaint by eBizcuss, the largest and first authorized reseller of Apple products in France (through their ICLG ...

Daily Update for January 13, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 13th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...