Ah, I see.
Queens? I only lived in Ridgewood for s short period so I can't speak of Queens but Brooklyn sure could take one (or even two).
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Apple Decides Against 34th Street Apple Store in NYC
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Ah, I see.
Queens? I only lived in Ridgewood for s short period so I can't speak of Queens but Brooklyn sure could take one (or even two).
And Macy's is open for like 80 hours straight during the week of Christmas too. Apple should definitely open in Queens Center.
Let me get this straight. Apple signs a lease worth $6m on property sight-unseen. After Steve takes a peek he decides he doesn't like the neighborhood. Whoever signed in behalf of Apple made a serious blunder. How many other people can make such large mistakes and still be employed? Apparently there was talk of this over a year ago for the same property and the site has been expanded without finding an alternate lessor.
"None of this makes any sense to us," said Dan Pisark, vice president of retail services for the 34th Street Partnership
I was just thinking last week that Apple Should make a store in the empty building on Myrtle Avenue where the Fair Department store was by Onderdonk and Myrtle.
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Wow apple is picky they didn't like the building across the street, why not but and lease that one. What a waste of 50 million.
Wow apple is picky they didn't like the building across the street, why not but and lease that one. What a waste of 50 million.
Steve Jobs isn't a branding genius based only on what he chooses to do. Sometimes he's a branding genius based on what he chooses not to do.
I just go to Tekserve on west 23rd
The area around the 34th street location is tacky indeed. A "lower grade" of tourist (moneywise) goes to the Empire State Building and whatnot. The real cash is in Soho, Meatpacking District and of course 5th avenue and Central Park.
Hey Apple, I just compared the http://www.apple.com/retail/storelist/ to my hometown's (Australia) store list at http://www.apple.com/au/retail/storelist/
The US one has, like, I dunno, ten TRILLION, yet you lot are complaining of that, where we here, in "The Lucky Country" have all of THREE!!!
AND they're spaced out like mad! Two in Sydney, one in Southern Melbourne, yeah, great. NOT!
SuperMacMan
The US one has, like, I dunno, ten TRILLION, yet you lot are complaining of that, where we here, in "The Lucky Country" have all of THREE!!!
AND they're spaced out like mad! Two in Sydney, one in Southern Melbourne, yeah, great. NOT!
SuperMacMan
Oh, you are spoiled. You have several fatastic Apple Stores in Manhattan. We have none, zip, zero, in Denmark.
And how do I know you ask, well my last trip to N.Y. was in May - I visited both the Soho and the 5th Ave store. And I felt Apple-spoiled.
Not at least because of the prices you pay for Apple products - they are way lower than in Denmark.Several great Apple Stores + Lower prices = Spoiled
Let's put it this way, flottenheimer thinks that if you have an Apple Store in your country then you are Spoiled.
Yes I know we have lower prices because Apple also has to license these products and get approval from the local government which cost them more money.
I know its a BIG difference in price and I don't think it should be so steep either. (i.e. iPod Shuffle US $49USD = Denmark $60 USD)
They could put it next to Lego Land! That would be Awesome!
They could cross-promote and build a giant lego iMac out front
You mean somewhere in the middle? Along the BedSty-East NY-Jamaica line? Suuuure!
That is, my friend, a hard-core ghetto line, IMO the worst part of NYC.
That stretch is up an coming. The artists and creative types are fleeing alphabet city and headed in that general direction. I used to work in Metrotech there and they are tearing everything down.
Brooklyn Heights would probably be a better area. More in line with the Apple coolness factor.
Jeez, you sound like a really cheesy, cheap real estate agent - a lot of meaningless empty cliches... "young" - I guess but way too much 40s guy who likes to fish around there, "hip" and "trendy" - ehhehehe, for who? For clueless NYU kids coming from countryside, perhaps.
I wouldn't consider the East Village to be an NYU/college enclave. I also wouldn't call it hip and trendy. It's one of the last neighborhoods downtown that hasn't been completely gentrified to death (yet). It also doesn't seem right for an Apple store - Apple tends to put its stores in areas that are more upscale - like SoHo, the Meatpacking District, and 5 Ave in Midtown. The East Village and the 34th Street corridor don't fit that group. 34th Street is an unpleasantly crowded stretch of retail - loaded with chain stores. None of Apple's current stores in NY are in areas like that.
I wouldn't consider the East Village to be an NYU/college enclave. I also wouldn't call it hip and trendy. It's one of the last neighborhoods downtown that hasn't been completely gentrified to death (yet). It also doesn't seem right for an Apple store - Apple tends to put its stores in areas that are more upscale - like SoHo, the Meatpacking District, and 5 Ave in Midtown. The East Village and the 34th Street corridor don't fit that group. 34th Street is an unpleasantly crowded stretch of retail - loaded with chain stores. None of Apple's current stores in NY are in areas like that.
I'm going to join in on the chorus of all the non-Americans here, and say that a good move would be to invest in more Apple stores worldwide.
In terms of sales, the various regions have all outperformed the Americas in growth. Yet the number of stores in America far outweighs the other regions. Go where the money is, Apple, the rest of us!
And to the rest of the Aussies, here, amen to another store. Perhaps in little old Adelaide?
In terms of sales, the various regions have all outperformed the Americas in growth. Yet the number of stores in America far outweighs the other regions. Go where the money is, Apple, the rest of us!
And to the rest of the Aussies, here, amen to another store. Perhaps in little old Adelaide?
I'm all for a store in Denmark, but let's be practical here; Apple takes account of market and purchasing power.
The "GDP" of Manhattan is about 5x more than that of Denmark. Then they have that big ***** country in the Far East with 1 teeny store.
Yeah that's a big exaggeration, but nonetheless, I think Apple is patriotic.
I'm sure you mean buy not but, but…
Anyways seeing you're from New York, you should realize that if Apple wanted to buy the space, they would have to purchase the entire building? Which is what 5 billion? Yeah that would be a viable purchase. As viable as the fools who bought Rockefeller Center!
Firgures, I am still waiting....
2-3 years ago, Apple announced that they were going to open a Greensboro, NC store. Especially since the closing of CompUsa was imminent and that was Apple's only Greensboro location. All the news papers said it was coming. Greensboro was estatic with the extra revenue it would generate for the city (especially with the loss of CompUSA), and people praised at the location choosen (Friendly Shopping Center - full of upscale stores).
Even residents were very happy as they would no longer have to drive over an hour to Durham, or over 2-hours to Charlotte. even Apple said it would open by the spring of 2008.
WE ARE STILL WAITING!!!!!!
The CompUSA store still sits empty. I say put the Apple store there. Good location, right beside Four Seasons Town center (when the owner died, they spent millions re-rennovating a 3-level mall they just rennovated). Plus that location, they just refurbished the Bellsouth Building across the street into the new AT&T Building, Greensboro Welcome Center. Next door to it, they just tore down the old 4 seasons business offices and built a huge megaplex cinema and the whole High Point road area that runs from the mall up through the coloseum is going to get a whole new face lift. Plus the mall has it's own exit off of I-40/Bus85. I cannot think of a more perfect location. When Compusa was there, they were always packed.
Even more of a bonus with using the CompUSA location - the mall (on the opposite side) has a huge sheraton with Conference Center. that parking lot is always full and always full of buses. PLus they just closed the Howard Johnson and turned that into an upscale double-tree hotel.
With Greensboro growing like crazy, I say it would be good for Apple to have a 3rd location in the center of the state. Friendly is just too conjested of an area and not many people like going there (traffic, no parking, not to mention most of the anchor stores pulled out after the shopping center was sold for the 3rd time in a year).
2-3 years ago, Apple announced that they were going to open a Greensboro, NC store. Especially since the closing of CompUsa was imminent and that was Apple's only Greensboro location. All the news papers said it was coming. Greensboro was estatic with the extra revenue it would generate for the city (especially with the loss of CompUSA), and people praised at the location choosen (Friendly Shopping Center - full of upscale stores).
Even residents were very happy as they would no longer have to drive over an hour to Durham, or over 2-hours to Charlotte. even Apple said it would open by the spring of 2008.
WE ARE STILL WAITING!!!!!!
The CompUSA store still sits empty. I say put the Apple store there. Good location, right beside Four Seasons Town center (when the owner died, they spent millions re-rennovating a 3-level mall they just rennovated). Plus that location, they just refurbished the Bellsouth Building across the street into the new AT&T Building, Greensboro Welcome Center. Next door to it, they just tore down the old 4 seasons business offices and built a huge megaplex cinema and the whole High Point road area that runs from the mall up through the coloseum is going to get a whole new face lift. Plus the mall has it's own exit off of I-40/Bus85. I cannot think of a more perfect location. When Compusa was there, they were always packed.
Even more of a bonus with using the CompUSA location - the mall (on the opposite side) has a huge sheraton with Conference Center. that parking lot is always full and always full of buses. PLus they just closed the Howard Johnson and turned that into an upscale double-tree hotel.
With Greensboro growing like crazy, I say it would be good for Apple to have a 3rd location in the center of the state. Friendly is just too conjested of an area and not many people like going there (traffic, no parking, not to mention most of the anchor stores pulled out after the shopping center was sold for the 3rd time in a year).
Figures, I am still waiting....
2-3 years ago, Apple announced that they were going to open a Greensboro, NC store. Especially since the closing of CompUsa was imminent and that was Apple's only Greensboro location. All the news papers said it was coming. Greensboro was estatic with the extra revenue it would generate for the city (especially with the loss of CompUSA), and people praised at the location choosen (Friendly Shopping Center - full of upscale stores).
Even residents were very happy as they would no longer have to drive over an hour to Durham, or over 2-hours to Charlotte. even Apple said it would open by the spring of 2008.
WE ARE STILL WAITING!!!!!!
The CompUSA store still sits empty. I say put the Apple store there. Good location, right beside Four Seasons Town center (when the owner died, they spent millions re-rennovating a 3-level mall they just rennovated). Plus that location, they just refurbished the Bellsouth Building across the street into the new AT&T Building, Greensboro Welcome Center. Next door to it, they just tore down the old 4 seasons business offices and built a huge megaplex cinema and the whole High Point road area that runs from the mall up through the coloseum is going to get a whole new face lift. Plus the mall has it's own exit off of I-40/Bus85. I cannot think of a more perfect location. When Compusa was there, they were always packed.
Even more of a bonus with using the CompUSA location - the mall (on the opposite side) has a huge sheraton with Conference Center. that parking lot is always full and always full of buses. PLus they just closed the Howard Johnson and turned that into an upscale double-tree hotel.
With Greensboro growing like crazy, I say it would be good for Apple to have a 3rd location in the center of the state. Friendly is just too conjested of an area and not many people like going there (traffic, no parking, not to mention most of the anchor stores pulled out after the shopping center was sold for the 3rd time in a year).
2-3 years ago, Apple announced that they were going to open a Greensboro, NC store. Especially since the closing of CompUsa was imminent and that was Apple's only Greensboro location. All the news papers said it was coming. Greensboro was estatic with the extra revenue it would generate for the city (especially with the loss of CompUSA), and people praised at the location choosen (Friendly Shopping Center - full of upscale stores).
Even residents were very happy as they would no longer have to drive over an hour to Durham, or over 2-hours to Charlotte. even Apple said it would open by the spring of 2008.
WE ARE STILL WAITING!!!!!!
The CompUSA store still sits empty. I say put the Apple store there. Good location, right beside Four Seasons Town center (when the owner died, they spent millions re-rennovating a 3-level mall they just rennovated). Plus that location, they just refurbished the Bellsouth Building across the street into the new AT&T Building, Greensboro Welcome Center. Next door to it, they just tore down the old 4 seasons business offices and built a huge megaplex cinema and the whole High Point road area that runs from the mall up through the coloseum is going to get a whole new face lift. Plus the mall has it's own exit off of I-40/Bus85. I cannot think of a more perfect location. When Compusa was there, they were always packed.
Even more of a bonus with using the CompUSA location - the mall (on the opposite side) has a huge sheraton with Conference Center. that parking lot is always full and always full of buses. PLus they just closed the Howard Johnson and turned that into an upscale double-tree hotel.
With Greensboro growing like crazy, I say it would be good for Apple to have a 3rd location in the center of the state. Friendly is just too conjested of an area and not many people like going there (traffic, no parking, not to mention most of the anchor stores pulled out after the shopping center was sold for the 3rd time in a year).
I'm sure with the current economic collapse, they are probably re-evaluating all their future expansion plans to see if they still make sense.