Apple retail: Istanbul store to open April 5, Vancouver store to expand in 2015

The first official Apple retail store in Turkey is set to open its doors next Saturday in Istanbul, while one of Apple's outlets in Vancouver, British Columbia will reportedly be moving to a 'substantially' larger space in the fall of 2015.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 24

Google rumored to open first retail store near Apple's SoHo spot in Manhattan

Google is said to be close to signing a lease to open a retail store on Greene Street in New York City's SoHo neighborhood — just steps away from Apple's heavily trafficked location on Prince Street.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 55

Apple gobbling up retail market share as Radio Shack, Best Buy shrink

Apple's market share among specialty electronics retailers has been steadily growing since the release of iPhone in 2007, having reportedly expanded from 3.8 percent (with $3.5 billion in revenue) to 15 percent ($15.6 billion) six years later in 2013.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 16

US Apple TV promotion includes $25 iTunes card as rumors of new model swirl

Apple on Friday kicked off a temporary promotion that will give customers a free $25 iTunes gift card with the purchase of an Apple TV from the company's online or retail stores in the U.S.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 40

Thousands show up for the opening of the first Apple Store in Latin America

A crowd of more than 1,700 people descended on the Village Mall in Rio de Janeiro's famous Barra de Tijuca neighborhood on Saturday for the opening of the first official Apple Store in Latin America.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 53

Apple promotes from within for new company-wide human resources leader

A few key personnel have shifted in Apple's corporate lineup, most notably at the top of the company's human resources department, which has been taken over by the former head of Apple's retail HR.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 10

Retail stores part of Apple marketing plan as far back as 1976, says Silicon Valley ad whiz

Apple began formulating a strategy for direct-to-consumer sales from a nationwide chain of first-party brick-and-mortar retail stores as many as 25 years before the first Apple Store opened in 2001, according to a new report.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 8

Apple Stores combat dangerous CO, unpleasant BO with odor 'sniffers'

With hundreds of thousands of people streaming through the doors of Apple's retail outlets around the world each day, the company has reportedly turned to high-tech "sniffers" in an effort to keep the stores' air fresh and odors at bay.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 70

Incoming Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts to be named Dame of the British Empire

As she prepares for her new role as head of retail operations at Apple, outgoing Burberry Chief Executive Angela Ahrendts will be honored with another distinction: She's set to be named a Dame of the British Empire.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 133

Nest's Tony Fadell says it's 'up to Apple' if company wants to keep ties following Google buyout

While Nest Labs has had a close relationship with Apple in the past, all that could change after the company was purchased by rival Google. But Nest CEO and former Apple executive Tony Fadell has said in a new interview that it's entirely "up to Apple" how things proceed from here.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 89

Apple extends in-store display repairs to iPhone 5c

Owners of Apple's mid-range iPhone 5c can now have their handset's cracked or otherwise non-functioning display replaced while they wait, rather than being forced to swap phones or send the device off to a remote repair center.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 4

Massachusetts lawsuit accuses Apple of misusing customers' personal info

Adding to Apple's mountain of legal conflict, a lawsuit filed this week in New England claims that Apple collected retail customers' zip codes in violation of state law and then profited from the sale of that information to third parties.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 88

Thieves smash car through front door of Berlin Apple store in twilight heist

Thieves crashed a compact car through the front door of Apple's Kurfürstendamm store in Berlin and made off with several display devices during an early Monday morning smash-and-grab.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 23

Samsung hires Apple Store designer for its own retail efforts

Samsung is said to be planning its own Apple-like retail push across the U.S., as the company recently hired an ex-Apple senior store designer, according to a new report.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 30

Apple Stores offering free 'Hour of Code' development classes this Wednesday

Apple this week will participate in a worldwide campaign from Code.org, offering children and teenagers a one-hour introduction to computer science class at its retail locations throughout the U.S.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 15

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