Apple Inc. (AAPL) to Open First Retail Store in Berlin on May 3rd

Apple Retail Store Berlin

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has increased its international retail presence over the past several years, and has opened new stores in Barcelona, as well as a number of stores in and around China. AAPL has been opening stores and gravitating towards regions where their revenue has increased. On Thursday, Apple Inc. announced through its website that it will be opening its first … Read More

Apple Moves Forward with Plans to Open Online Store in Russia, Posts Job Listings

Apple Online Store in Russia

Apple is continuing to expand its international presence, setting up its Online Stores, iTunes Music store, and App Store all over the world. The Cupertino, California based company introduced its iTunes Music store in 56 new countries, including Russia late last year and is now moving forward with plans to launch an Online store in Russia. Rumors about the store … Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Sells 3 Million iPads in Three Days

iPad mini

Apple Inc. (AAPL) began selling its new iPad mini and the 4th generation iPad just last week and has already sold a record three million iPads in three days. According to Apple, this number is double the previous first weekend record of 1.5 million Wi-Fi models sold for the third generation iPad this past March. Apple noted in the press … Read More

Apple Opens New Palo Alto Retail Store to Public

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This past Saturday, Apple opened the doors to its new retail location in Palo Alto, where media was allowed in to take pictures and partake in the grand opening celebration. The new Palo Alto, located at 340 University Drive is several miles from Apple’s corporate headquarters and will now serve more customers in the area, those that would otherwise crowd … Read More

Apple Retail Stores to Start Stocking iPhone 5 Cases in Late October

iPhone 5 case covers

Apple will begin stocking iPhone 5 cases in bulk by the end of this month according to multiple sources, allowing users of the newest iPhone to simply walk into a store and access a range of different cases for their device. With the iPhone 5, Apple did not introduce a case of their own, leaving the development entirely up to … Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) to Open Wangfujing Street Retail Store, Third Store in Beijing

Apple retail Wangfujing

Early last week, reports of Apple Inc. (AAPL) opening a third store in Beijing were published, with photos from chinese site MicGadget showing the entrance of the new store under construction. On Sunday, Apple confirmed that they are going to open the third store in Beijing, located on the iconic Wangfujing Street. The Cupertino, Calif., company confirmed that the store … Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) New Barcelona Retail Store In Photos

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We recently reported that Apple Inc. (AAPL) was opening their new Barcelona Retail Store on Saturday at 10:00AM. The wall outside of the Passeig de Gràcia store consists of Gaudi-influenced design, with iOS icons arranged to resemble the modernista style of the popular Catalan architect. On Thursday, Cult of Mac was given access to take photos of the interior of … Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) New Barcelona Retail Store Scheduled to Open On July 28th

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Apple Inc. (AAPL) recently announced that they are planning to open their newest retail store in Barcelona, Spain on July 28th. The Cupertino company’s Passeig de Gràcia retail store will officially be opening on Saturday, July 28th at 10:00 AM. This is the same time of day that Apple holds all grand openings or reopenings around the world. During grand … Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) has More Retail Stores in Pennsylvania than All of China

Apple Shanghai retail store

Apple Inc. (AAPL) currently operates six retail stores in greater China, and serves more than 216 million people per store, in comparison to the total population in the country. AAPL has two retail stores in Beijing, three in Shanghai, and one in Hong Kong. In 2010, when Ron Johnson was still head of Apple Retail, he suggested that the company … Read More

Apple Reportedly Testing New Genuis Bar Design for Increased Capacity

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Apple’s Retail Stores have been increasing in numbers all over the world and with millions of customers visiting each store, the company is devising new ways to organize and help each of them. Each retail store is expected to generate profit, and with Apple’s “open” format, the visitors who come in to check out Macs, iPods, and iPhones are the … Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) SVP of Hardware Engineering, Bob Mansfield to Retire

Bob Mansfield

Apple Inc. (AAPL) has been undergoing a number of changes in the past year, from Tim Cook taking over as CEO, the passing of Steve Jobs, and Ron Johnson leaving the company’s retail team. In a press release on Thursday, Apple announced that their SVP of Hardware Engineering, Bob Mansfield is retiring and will be leaving the company. Bob has … Read More

Apple Retail Employees to Receive Raises Up to 25%

`Apple Retail Employees

Apple has long been scrutinized by the press and the public for the way the company handled employee wages and the manufacturing process of their products. The most recent, a report from the NYTimes criticized Apple for the low wages that their retail store employees received. However, earlier in the week, a report from Business Insider revealed that Apple may … Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) To Open New Retail Store in Paris on May 25

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According to a report from ifoAppleStore, Apple is all set to open a new retail store in Paris. This new location is its sixth retail store in the metropolitan area of Paris and one of the more spacious and extravagnt ones available in a mall. The huge store will be located on Level 1 adjacent to the Gap store. The … Read More

Apple Retail Stores Replace iMac with the new iPad in Kids Section

Apple Retail Stores Replace iMac with the new iPad in Kids Section

Apple has replaced the popular iMacs at the kids section of the Apple Store with iPads. First noticed by iMore, Apple appears to be taking a more compelling approach to drawing in kids and essentially starting them off with a product that a number of children are familiar with. Apple Stores have been using iMacs in the kids section for … Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) CEO Calls New SVP of Retail “the best by far”

AAPL CEO Tim Cook Email

John Browett, Apple Inc. (AAPL) new SVP of Retail replaced Ron Johnson after the executive left for a position as CEO of JC Penney. Browett is already making ripples at AAPL, noted as the “hired outsider” and as “the best by far” by CEO Tim Cook,. Tony Hart noted on his blog that after emailing Apple CEO Tim Cook on … Read More