I wonder if online-purchases/in-store-pickups are counted in those figures. Not all stores (other brands) offer it and I could see it skewing the numbers a little. Or does it even matter?
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Apple Again Tops U.S. Retail Chains in Sales at $6000 per Square Foot
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Good but not that great
Apple deserves lots of credit for what they make and sell, BUT the two stores near me are phyically only one third the size they should be. People are crammed inside. It is noisy, cramped and nearly impossible to move around in. I find it harder and harder to get help about a question. They just sell and keep their eyes not on people, but on their iPhone/iPads.
If the stores were the right size in Philadelphia, their sales per sq. ft. would be one third of what is listed. Still the best but at least user friendly like the other businesses on the list.
I do use only Apple, but no longer enter the store to look or learn.
Apple deserves lots of credit for what they make and sell, BUT the two stores near me are phyically only one third the size they should be. People are crammed inside. It is noisy, cramped and nearly impossible to move around in. I find it harder and harder to get help about a question. They just sell and keep their eyes not on people, but on their iPhone/iPads.
If the stores were the right size in Philadelphia, their sales per sq. ft. would be one third of what is listed. Still the best but at least user friendly like the other businesses on the list.
I do use only Apple, but no longer enter the store to look or learn.
They want the kiddies in there. They won't buy anything now, but 10 years from now when they have money or are going to college, their next computer purchase will be a no-brainer.
Truffy
macrumors 6502a
As long as the sale price is lower than the price for at least 30 days prior, it counts. That's what stores would jack the price during the slow (post-)summer holiday season, so that they could reduce to normal and still claim 'sale'. Not sure if that's how it still works. The last time I went into a DSG store (PC World, Ashford) to buy a UK adaptor for my MBA, the Mac 'expert' sold be the wrong one.
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Truffy
macrumors 6502a
Krazy Bill
macrumors 68030
Well, In these days of Apple consumerism, Apple's main clientele are facebookers, tweeters and anyone in general that have nothing important to do with their devices.
So of course they want you to try these things out with your own accounts. Makes perfect sense to me.
Did grumpy wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? The Microsoft kiosk is that way ---> don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Rocketman
macrumors 603
I suppose there is always the rational explanation instead. They don't favor putting good money after bad on "welfare and entitlement" programs organized as either ponzi schemes or defined benefit programs, when the whole trend today in benefits programs is defined contribution and planned endowments.
If the way they were funded and organized was changed to the above principals, rational Millionaires would RUSH to pay more taxes knowing the day to full perpetual funding would happen sooner and relieve them of further taxation forever.
Apple itself is leading by the example to show the substantial benefits of financial solvency. In its case to achieve lower parts costs and first mover advantage by buying factories or substantial capacity in them.
Rocketman
guzhogi
macrumors 68040
Valid point. However, as others have noted in the threads about Browett, at what point does cost cutting diminish quality? Further, at what minimum quality do customers stop coming to the stores? Sure, cost cutting may bring short term gains in profits, but long term hurts.
gnasher729
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I knew a store in Windsor (near London) that had a closing down sale for about eight years.
That's why he is gone. It's not a surprise that he is gone, the strange thing is that he was hired in the first place.
uknowimright
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KdParker
macrumors 601
This is interesting. Apple's store in Tysons Corner, Virginia is probably twice as big as their stores in Fair Oaks, Virginia and Reston, Virginia. Of course, the Tysons Corner store is probably considered their flagship store for the greater Washington D.C. metro area.
My guess is that location probably take precedence over store size and location to a certain extent probably dictates store size.
I'm sure Apple has done plenty of research on who is buying their products and they open their stores in the areas where those people live and work.
Plutonius
macrumors G4
Apple is a business so why are you worried about it. If they made good decisions, they will do well and if they made bad decisions, they will do poorly (i.e it doesn't affect you unless you work for them or you are a shareholder).
Rodimus Prime
macrumors G4
nice numbers but at the same token not really surprising given the relatively small size of the store and then the high cost of most of the products plus they get a lot more foot trafic that a jewelry store. Noticed the ones that have the most are relatively small in size and sell high value items.
STiNG Operation
macrumors 6502a
I guess you don't know much about corporations. It's not aapl's job. Charitable donations by corporations is a tricky area. In the end, corporations are in business to make money for shareholders. Expenditures really have to be justified as a means toward that end. When a donation is very large it really becomes "advertising" and isn't at all charitable. $2M was a small amount intended to do no more than assist in a charitable effort.
But then, you're not from the U.S. since you wrote:
"Good job Sammy. Show the bastards how we do it in Korea"
whooleytoo
macrumors 604
I think Apple is very clever in their retail strategies: being patient and waiting for the ideal locations to become available; only investing in 'alpha' sites with a guaranteed footfall. Possibly under-sizing their stores to ensure they look busy rather than being over-sized and looking deserted. And on a similar tack, allowing free use of the computers in order to get people in the doors. Not only are they potential customers, but they generate a buzz around the store; people may be less likely to walk in to a quiet deserted store.
Everything is reinforcing the image that they're a prime brand who are very much in demand.
iGrip
macrumors 68000
Buy Direct
Whenever you buy Apple products, you should always buy them directly from Apple. Otherwise, you have some sleazy middleman taking away some of Apple's profits.
Those Gift Cards should be bought direct form Apple. So should iPads and especially, iPhones. If you buy it from your carrier, they get a big chunk of Apple's money.
And it is always better to buy using the website rather than going into the stores. The stores are expensive to run. If you simply use the website, there is no rent or salaries to cut into the sale and the maximum amount goes to the bottom line.
Whenever you buy Apple products, you should always buy them directly from Apple. Otherwise, you have some sleazy middleman taking away some of Apple's profits.
Those Gift Cards should be bought direct form Apple. So should iPads and especially, iPhones. If you buy it from your carrier, they get a big chunk of Apple's money.
And it is always better to buy using the website rather than going into the stores. The stores are expensive to run. If you simply use the website, there is no rent or salaries to cut into the sale and the maximum amount goes to the bottom line.
😕 New math?
I suspect somebody hasn't had their morning coffee yet. 😉
EDIT: Unless you are talking about Apple's net/sq' compared to Penny's. (Yes, I'm having my coffee now.)