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Apple revises One to One program for new customers

by Steven Sande (Apr 18th, 2013)

ifoAppleStore is reporting that Apple has changed the terms of the Apple Store One to One service, limiting how much Apple Store employees will do in terms of data migration for new Mac purchases. One to One service is offered to purchasers of new Macs for US$99 per year, providing not only ...

Court orders Apple to complete retail space

by Steven Sande (Apr 12th, 2013)

Apple is having a hard time Down Under these days. Recently a company executive had to appear before a Parliamentary inquest about why prices for its products are higher in Australia than in other countries, and now Apple has been ordered to pay for continued construction on a canceled Apple ...

San Francisco Apple Store to be expanded

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 1st, 2013)

Apple is planning to expand its retail store in San Francisco's Stonestown Galleria, says a report in ifoAppleStore. The Stonestown store is one of Apple's smallest retail stores with a storefront that measures 25 feet wide and a footprint that offers a measly 1,500 square feet of retail space ...

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 ...

Australian contractor reveals Apple Store complexities

by Steven Sande (Jan 10th, 2013)

In many ways, the design of Apple Stores reflects greatly on the attention to detail and design savvy of late Apple CEO Steve Jobs. He was a stickler for detail, often obsessing over the placement of individual pixels on a screen or the exact shade of a particular case color. ifoAppleStore has ...

Apple Store remodel to introduce two-row Genius Bar

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 13th, 2012)

The Apple Store of the future could feature not one, but two Genius bars for technical service support, says a report in ifoAppleStore. The Garden State Plaza store in Paramus, NJ is moving to a significantly bigger location and redesigned the store to include the company's first double-row ...

Third Beijing Apple Store planned

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 13th, 2012)

Apple already operates two stores in Beijing, and a report from ifoAppleStore suggests the company will add a third location early next year. According to local sources, Apple may open a street-level store on Wangfujing Street, a popular pedestrian-only thoroughfare that's lined with over 200 ...

Portland Design Commission gives OK to Apple Store design

by Steven Sande (Jul 20th, 2012)

This news of a forthcoming Apple Store in Portland, Oregon comes from The Oregonian newspaper rather than Kelly's House of Crackpot Theories (TUAW blogger and podcaster Kelly Guimont is a resident of The City of Roses). The design, approved by the Portland Design Commission, is apparently for ...

Daily Update for July 2, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jul 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 ...

Apple trying new Genius Bar layout

by Mike Schramm (Jul 2nd, 2012)

IFO Apple Store has spotted a new trend in a few Apple Stores around the country: Apple is trying a new layout for the in-store Genius bar, turning it perpendicular to the store wall instead of running parallel along it. The new layout is designed to make things more accessible, and provide ...

Third Street Promenade 2 Apple Store taking shape in California

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 22nd, 2012)

Apple is building several new stores in the US, and one upcoming retail location that is starting to come together is the Third Street Promenade store in Santa Monica, California. According to ifoAppleStore, this is the second retail location on that street. It is located about 1,000 feet down ...

Apple Store rendering shows another glass box in California

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 23rd, 2012)

Anyone who has visited the Stanford Shopping Center cant miss the black sheeting that covers Apple's upcoming retail store, says a Palo Alto Online report. The new store will occupy two vacant storefronts and eventually will replace a mini-store that's located nearby. Residents can see the ...

Retailers relocate to accomodate Apple Store in Hong Kong

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 21st, 2012)

Apple is adding a second Apple store in Hong Kong and retailers are vacating their spaces to make room for the Cupertino company. According to an ifoAppleStore report, three retailers, HSBC, Agnes B. and Izzue, are leaving their spaces in the Festival Walk shopping center to make room for a ...

Apple assuming retail lease, plans to open new UK Apple Store

by Steven Sande (May 18th, 2012)

Apple's march to world domination continues, this time with a new Apple Store planned for the UK seaside city of Plymouth. What's surprising about this store announcement is that Apple apparently made managers of a successful Zara fashion store at the Drake Circus Shopping Centre (above) in ...

Photos of Apple's store-within-a-store at Walmart

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 16th, 2012)

ifoAppleStore has pictures from a Lowell, Arkansas Walmart that shows an Apple store-within-a-store like those seen in Best Buy. The display at the Walmart location focuses on mobile devices like the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. With its large backlit-signs, wood tables and live demo units, ...