New Apple Store
I am surprised to see this. Currently Apple has an Apple Store in Minneapolis @ the Mall of America which is where I bought my iBook. Now they have another Apple store in Southdale Minneapolis which is about a 30min drive from the Mall of America. Sales must be good in Minneapolis for them to open up a second store.
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<strong>I am surprised to see this. Currently Apple has an Apple Store in Minneapolis @ the Mall of America which is where I bought my iBook. Now they have another Apple store in Southdale Minneapolis which is about a 30min drive from the Mall of America. Sales must be good in Minneapolis for them to open up a second store.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I'm not sure if it was mentioned here at AI or elsewhere, but someone asked an Apple Genius the rationale behind having two Apple Stores in such close proximity. The reply was that Southdale and the Megamall have different demographics - those who generally shop at one mall don't shop at the other.
But, like you say, there must also be some pretty good business around the Twin Cities for two such stores.
I wonder how this second Apple Store will affect the business at FirstTech...
<a href="http://homepage.mac.com/thunderpoit/PhotoAlbum5.html"; target="_blank">Southdale Mall</a>
security guards at the mall were dicks about ppl making video and taking pix. on of the apple store employees tried video taping the line and security actually stopped him. stupid jonnie flashlights:/
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Man you guys are lucky... I see all these new store pics and just drool. Come on Apple, move to Canada!
BTW, your leasing agent looks hot.
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<strong>oops, didnt see this thread when i made mine. heres some pix:
<a href="http://homepage.mac.com/thunderpoit/PhotoAlbum5.html"; target="_blank">Southdale Mall</a>
security guards at the mall were dicks about ppl making video and taking pix. on of the apple store employees tried video taping the line and security actually stopped him. stupid jonnie flashlights:/
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Cool pics. I had some of the Apple store in the Mall of America once but I don't know what happen to them. I will have to stop by the southdale one some time soon maybe tomorrow.
<strong>Man you guys are lucky... I see all these new store pics and just drool. Come on Apple, move to Canada!
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Yeah, you could probably recoup startup costs on Murbot alone. hehehe...
Ron Johnson showed up to the Southdale grand opening!
<strong>I thought Bloomington wasn't quite in Minneapolis.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Bloomington is a suburb about 10 miles due south of Minneapolis proper.
no screen either
<a href="http://www.apple.com/retail/tysons/"; target="_blank">Tysons Corner, VA</a>
<a href="http://www.apple.com/retail/clarendon/"; target="_blank">Clarendon, VA</a>
i'm sure there's a good reason. it looks like apple REALLY researched EVERYTHING when they went into the retail business
They're much smaller (and less expensive) than a 1.0 or super store - like the ones in SoHo and The Grove.
FYI - I read an interview with a Starbucks honcho once who was talking about the way they cluster their cafes (there are 378 starbucks in Manhattan). He basically said that if you put a few starbucks near each other income more than triples per cafe compared to having a single cafe by itself.
Perhaps Apple is using a similar approach...
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Whoa, Apple used Helvetica?!? The horror...
::sniff:: I like the old store better... the big screen in back I thought was a major cool draw... how are they gonna do the demoes and tutorials now?
oh well, I think I will go and try and get a holiday job there anyways