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ScottRu (scottru.wordpress.com):
… recently burglarized, and the rise of Apple popularity has coincided with the growth of this upscale open-air shopping mall. Additionally, the design of Apple stores has recently received a fair amount of press -Fortune wrote about the design processand the New York Times used one as a lesson for Sony. So when the redesign gnomes hit Seattle for two weeks - a redesign I’ve heard mentioned but never discussed - as an armchair philosopher on retail site design, I was excited to see the results. I …

enot (www.enot.ru):
… visual object in an interactive application can potentially provide output as a representation of data and also potentially receive input». И как другую строну закона Коневея, Тафт, обращает вниманиеподход, по которому был построен знаменитый Нью-Йоркский аппловский магазин (тот, со стеклянным кубом, на Пятой Авеню). Одна из идей - это выкладка …

counternotions (counternotions.com):
… the other side of employee training — no wonder the Apple Store retail chain was the fastest in U.S. corporate history to reach annual sales of $1 billion, and remains the most profitable. This year,Fortunenamed Apple “America’s best retailer.” CEO Steve Jobs explains how they prototyped the Apple Store concept: “One of the best pieces of advice [Gap CEO and Apple board member] Mickey [Drexler] ever gave us was to go rent a warehouse and build …

For Your Consideration (timharms.blogspot.com):
… every single one of their employees a free one. Now we can only wait. Unless Apple decided to pull a last second announcement to put icing on the cake. As if the icing isn't already there. But I wouldn't put it past Apple. CNN puts it besthere, referring to the Apple store in NY: "Genius sits in a glass house," the Swiss artist Paul Klee wrote. It's on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South, and anyone can wander in. I can't wait to see what happens. …

A Kenny Tumble (tumble.standsolid.com):
… http://blog.standsolid.com for this kind of drivel. My blog is for the more thought out things, I think. I own the domain pretty much so I can use Google Apps on it. June26 Mossberg on iPhone Woah. +Why Apple is the best retailer in America+ …

Fascination Place (www.fascinationplace.org):
… store, back when it was a hole in the wall at the south end of Palo Alto. Lots of great photos in the entry, anyone who bought comics in the 80s should feel nostalgic reading it. Lee’s Comics celebrates its 25th anniversary next month - quite a run!Apple: America’s Best Retailer(at CNN) chronicles the design and history of the Apple retail stores. Interesting reading, although not quite so nostalgic. …

Cleartrip Blog - (blog.cleartrip.com):
… Since we have the benefit of hindsight, let's see how the Doomsayer prophecies worked out. iPod + iTunes + iTunes Store Need we say anything at all about the undisputed king of the digital music hill? Apple Retail Stores According to CNN Money,Apple is the best retailer in America. Saks, whose flagship is down the street, generates sales of $362 per square foot a year. Best Buy stores turn $930 - tops for electronics retailers - while Tiffany & Co. takes in $2,666. Audrey Hepburn liked Tiffany's for breakfast. But …

DrEric1MacNews/Macsightings (dreric1macnewsmacsightings.blogspot.com):
… this is a remarkable insightful article …