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Angela Ahrendts Talks Concepts Behind Next-Generation Apple Stores at Most Powerful Women Summit
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You haven't the foggiest idea what you're talking about, do you?
This continuing drive from science to "liberal arts" aka bearded hipsters is what's going to kill the Mac.
Definitely not Apple, but the Mac, yes.
Definitely not Apple, but the Mac, yes.
This post makes no sense. You have not been in Apple Store in years and yet you judge it like you have been inside daily? It appears the colors inside the Store
Really distress you.
If it helps alleviate your Apple hate, Keep spreading your meandering bashing on the 'Fugly' iPhone and 'Useless' iPad comments.
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Stores, stores, stores....it ain't bad...but i wish they focus on desktops. With outdated hardwares, having stores is pretty much useless unless you want iphones or whatever...otherwise they would be selling products that are considered "legacy."
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I guess that is literally true.
I still quite like the stores, but getting assistance when you want to buy something can be tricky (I would prefer an old-fashioned queue over this open outcry method).
I suspect people are blaming her for some poor product launches where Apple did not have stock in store and staff were actively pushing people to shop online . If you like the Apple Store experience , being told to order online cause you will get it faster is not a good experience in my opinion.
Also what does not help , is what we are seeing now, people who preordered their iPhones straight away on preorder day are having to wait longer than people who are walk ins.
In my opinion , which is it ? Order online or walk in if I want to get the product . This kind of confusion i consider a poor experience . I used to be just online , but these days I have noticed that the worst delivery dates are actually online , a 3rd party will get stock before hand and so will Apple stores . From when I decided to get a JB black it took me 1.5 weeks to get one in store, online estimate is 6-8 weeks. The shopping experience for customer be it online or instore should not be like this in my opinion.
Is this Angela's fault ....nope, though the poor experience is being pushed online.
Is she going to improve thnings by making you have to see another 5 people before you ctually pay for anything?
Though once you get stuck in the ecosystem , what choice do you have? My PC standards its legacy but by Apple standards it's new. The reality is the desktop range is going the way of Mac Pro updates , every 3 years or so.
The products that will be updated on a regular basis are the cash cows , idevices .
Is she the reason why, in the past year or two, that when I step in an Apple store, I have to either get into a line to check in (so I can get in another line at a table and wait 30 min to get helped), or I look for someone to help me while some employees are standing around doing nothing, ignoring me, and then directing me to the check in person?
It's been great before. I remember employees used to come to me asking if I needed help. Past 5 visits, you could clearly see them standing around doing nothing, and not looking to engage with any customers. It felt very LVMH to me.
It's been great before. I remember employees used to come to me asking if I needed help. Past 5 visits, you could clearly see them standing around doing nothing, and not looking to engage with any customers. It felt very LVMH to me.
No need to be rude. So it was just a coincidence she was hired when Apple started harping on about diversity?
https://www.macrumors.com/2013/10/1...r-vice-president-of-retail-and-online-stores/
https://www.macrumors.com/search/?s=Diversity&p=2
Thanks for proving my point. The poster you were originally replying to was talking about Burberry, not Apple.
You make some good points. I think purchasing online has become more efficient in terms of serving the customer at a faster rate, being how online ordering has evolved. And with Apple Stores being out of reach for many, online ordering has been really the only option.
And from my experience, I have had generally positive experiences ordering online from Apple. The first Generation Apple Watch was the only delay I experienced, yet; I still received it earlier than the expected delivery date.
Poltically Correct is nearly dead. The backlash will be a lot of fun.
Likewise, my visits to Apple stores around the world have been great experiences. Even things like going in for repairs have improved. Product launches have 'changed', where they no longer encourage the long, 4,000-person lines and instead get people to reserve an come in during time slots.
I've also been to a couple 4 Next-gen stores. I didn't like a couple of things at first (like how accessories are actually behind drawers that you have to open) but overall, they're great/better experiences and more inviting.
Great S0 Apple Watch, Angela. Powerful women, making your Apple experience more like a snobby Burberry experience. Concepts so next-gen, that you won't even be able to buy our products in our own stores.
The experience has gone from Apple Stores being all about experience from purchase onwards, to almost ending and purchase. Workshops and Genius Bar are now difficult, inconvenient, and sometimes unworkable in schedule.
I was browsing through youtube about augmented reality...it may be possible they are trying release mac pro that works with AR....but technical aspect of it, I wouldn't know.
Same here to be honest. I still prefer online, it suits my shopping habits better, and Apple stores post launch are not a good experience in my opinion, way too many people.
What a completely PC world we live in where people don't scream about a Powerful Women's Summit, but if there was one called the Powerful Men's Summit, people would have their heads rotating like the Exorcist.
"enriching lives" is the new "exciting pipeline" mantra
