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Apple Store employees accept petitions from protesters

by Chris Rawson (Feb 9th, 2012)

Slightly over a dozen protesters from Change.org and SumofUS delivered a petition signed by more than 250,000 people to the Grand Central Terminal Apple Store today. Both organizations are urging Apple to improve working conditions at factories run by its overseas suppliers, particularly Foxconn's ...

Apple's Grand Central neighbor sees sales increase

by Steven Sande (Feb 7th, 2012)

Apple and the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) both received criticism last year for a sweetheart deal in which Apple paid less rent per square foot for the Grand Central Terminal retail store space than other tenants in the facility. Well, the deal is starting to pay off ...

Daily Update for February 2, 2012

by Steven Sande (Feb 2nd, 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 (requires ...

Apple Store in Pasadena reopening this weekend

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2012)

I just got notice from Apple that the store in the Old Pasadena retail district is re-opening this weekend, after an almost yearlong expansion project. The company even opened a temporary store a little bit down the street from the location, as it worked to expand the main store, adding a second ...

First Apple Store in the Netherlands to open in February

by Steven Sande (Jan 23rd, 2012)

A strong windstorm gave some bloggers in the Netherlands a chance to view the progress of construction at the new Apple Store on the Leidseplein in Amsterdam. The wind blew away part of the barriers around the new store, and Apple fans in the city quickly took advantage by shooting some great ...

Daily Update for January 20, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 20th, 2012)

Plans confirm Swiss Apple Store

by Steven Sande (Jan 16th, 2012)

Slowly, but surely, Apple's plans to build a retail store in the Swiss city of Basel are beginning to shape up. As reported by ifoAppleStore, the site for the store was first spotted by Swiss bloggers almost two years ago. The bloggers at MacPrime.ch have now dug up blueprints confirming ...

Valencia Apple Store opening forces reseller to close

by Steven Sande (Jan 13th, 2012)

An authorized Apple Premium Reseller in Valencia, Spain -- Illa Digital -- closed its doors four weeks after an Apple Store opened just four blocks away. ifoAppleStore reports that competition from the Apple Store caused Illa Digital to start losing revenues almost immediately after the official ...

Daily Update for January 6, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 6th, 2012)

Apple's 'Red Friday' sales launch in several Asian countries

by Chris Rawson (Jan 5th, 2012)

A one-day "Red Friday" sale on Apple's online store has hit several Asian countries in celebration of the Lunar New Year, including China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. Discounts on the Hong Kong store are broadly similar to the modest discounts Apple ...

Daily Update for January 5, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 5th, 2012)

Apple Store thieves arrested after robbery

by Mike Schramm (Jan 3rd, 2012)

Apple Stores continue to be a target for theft around the United States, apparently -- this time a robbery went down in Scottsdale, Arizona, where a trio of young thieves busted in the glass doors on an Apple Store, and tried to get away with $75,000 worth of Apple devices. The group robbed the ...

Apple to offer Lunar New Year sale on January 6

by Steven Sande (Jan 3rd, 2012)

TUAW readers in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Philippines can look forward to a special Apple promotion this Friday. On January 6, Apple is holding a "special one-day Apple shopping event" for "amazing iPad, iPod and Mac gifts for everyone." As with Apple's ...

Job listing points to future Berlin Apple Store

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 22nd, 2011)

Last January we heard that Apple intents to build a new Apple Store in the Kurfürstendamm section of Berlin, several job listings have appeared on Apple's German jobs site. As noted by ifoAppleStore, the listings don't outright confirm the future Berlin location, but construction at an ...

Apple planning replacement for California "mini" Apple Store

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 15th, 2011)

Most Apple stores are spacious, but there are some older locations that are teeny, tiny mini-stores. Many of these smaller stores were opened in 2004 and need a facelift. According to ifoAppleStore, one mini-store in Santa Rosa is moving to a new location that'll give it six times more space ...