The iPhone 5 was announced on September 12th during one of Apple’s popular media events in San Francisco. Since then, customers have pre-ordered over 2 million of the devices. The iPhone 5 is now widely available at retail stores. However, many users received early arrivals for their new phone, and are posting iPhone 5 unboxing videos on YouTube. A UK … Read More
Apple Offers Employees 50GB of Free iCloud Storage As a Perk
Apple offers its employees a number of perks, for keeping the company’s retail stores operating smoothly on a daily basis. The latest perk Apple is offering is slightly odd, to say the least. The Cupertino company is offering their retail employees an upgrade to 50GB of free iCloud storage as opposed to the 5GB offered on a standard account. The … Read More
Apple Inc. (AAPL) To Open Its First Swedish Retail Store
Apple Inc. (AAPL) has retail stores all over the world, most recently in China and is now looking to spread out to other parts of the world, the latest country being Sweden. The Cupertino company reportedly filed for a business registration certificate and even began hiring for the store. Apple’s products are already available if many countries, even those without … Read More
iPhone 5 Front Panel Photo with Home Button and Front Camera Installed
Over the past several months, numerous photos have surfaced online, with websites suggesting that they are genuine parts to Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5. Rumors have also pointed to a media event for the release date announcement of iPhone 5 on September 12th. The most recent leak comes from Apple.pro, which has posted a set of images of what appears to … Read More
Ahead of iPhone 5 Release Date Retail Stores Begin iPhone 4S / 4 Price Matching
Earlier in the week, Sprint reduced the price of the iPhone 4S down to $149 on its website, likely in preparation of Apple’s announcement of iPhone 5 release date, next month. Apple’s prices remained steady even as carriers began to make changes, remaining at the $199/$299/$399 for the iPhone 4S, $99 for the iPhone 4, and free for the iPhone … Read More
Apple Inc. (AAPL) New Barcelona Retail Store Scheduled to Open On July 28th
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) Retina MacBook Pro Shipping Estimate Improves to 1-2 Weeks
Apple Inc. (AAPL) introduced their new Retina MacBook Pro during the company’s annual WWDC conference and since then has begun shipping the new device to all of its retail stores, as well as making it available for purchase online. About a week ago, the shipping estimate for the Retina MacBook Pro improved to 2-3 weeks. Since then, the shipping estimate … Read More
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Schedules Grand Reopening of SoHo Store in NYC
Apple Inc. (AAPL) opened up a new retail store in NYC late last year, the Grand Central Station store but in the process, put one of its oldest locations in New York for renovations, the famous SoHo Store. Apple’s SoHo store underwent a major reconstruction earlier this year, and is set to reopen this Saturday. The SoHo location is only … Read More
Apple Inc. (AAPL) to Launch the New iPad 3 in China on July 20th
On Tuesday, Apple Inc. (AAPL) issued a press release, announcing that the 3rd generation iPad would be launching in China on July 20th. In China the new iPad will be available through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com), select Apple Authorized Resellers and by reservation from Apple retail stores. Reservation requests will be accepted daily from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. … Read More
Best Buy’s ‘Solution Central’ to Mirror Apple’s Genius Bar Design
Apple’s Retail stores are a window of the company to its customers, and a large part of the store’s atmosphere are the Genius’ and the Genius Bar. The efficient setup allows employees to easily help customers and form an orderly process to address issues that customers face with their products. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Best … Read More
Apple Reportedly Testing New Genuis Bar Design for Increased Capacity
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 Retail Employees to Receive Raises Up to 25%
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 Bringing new iPad to Guam and the Philippines on May 29
Earlier this month, Apple launched the new iPad in over 30 new countries and is now looking to continue to add to its list of countries. Apple is bringing the new iPad to Guam and the Philippines on May 29. Apple did not make an official announcement for the addition of the two countries and instead silently updated its Where to … Read More
Apple Inc. (AAPL) To Open New Retail Store in Paris on May 25
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 Looking to Patent Glass Design on Upper West Side Retail Store in NYC
Apple’s retail stores are truly one of a kind, blending materials such as glass and aluminum into intricate pieces of art that dress up any neighborhood they are built in. Apple intends to protect that idea, hoping to be the only one with a one of a kind experience for its customers. The latest act of preservation by the company … Read More