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Apple Watch Pop Up Shop in Galeries Lafayette Closing January 2017 Due to Poor Sales
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And by the end of 2017 she will be leaving Apple.
When Best Buy was selling first-gen Apple Watch Editions for $249 (originally price: $949!) a few weeks ago, I knew that the demand for these must have been way below what Apple was expecting.
Like iPhones?
I have an Apple Watch. I like it. I don't see much point in pop-up shops in high-end shopping areas to sell Apple Watches, though. I mean, I am guessing that they had reasonable sales back when people could buy an Edition and feel like they had something that the average person could not afford. People who drop 20k on a whim are really not concerned with whether their 20k impulse buy is state of the art this year. But, with the Edition now being less expensive than the most expensive SS Hermes, what is really the point in trying to sell this device in luxury shops?
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That was the 38MM SS Link. Which, let's be honest, never had a huge audience anyway because it was more of a masculine look and more men went with the 42MM version of the same watch. BB didn't reduce the price on the Milanese Loop watch by much, but that one was more popular. I do think that Apple didn't sell as many watches as they hoped, but they never would've gotten to the S1/S2 watches if they'd had dismal sales.
No surprise there, Apple tried to market the apple watch as high end fashion, yet the people who buy high end fashion didn't think so.
Apple has since moved to say the apple watch is a great fitness product.
Apple has since moved to say the apple watch is a great fitness product.
Affirmative. The AW was just an impulse purchase to the high-end buyer. A fun trinket that they probably didn't wear regularly and therefore didn't reap the benefits of wearing. They were the wrong target audience. The Fitbit Tory Burch line did reasonably well, but it surely wasn't as big as the regular-old Fitbit.
Yup, Apple failed to show how it can be on the same footing as a Rolex or other high end product (it really isn't) and while apple had mentioned the fitness aspect in originally, it appears they're going all in on the fitness/health portion now.
Hear, hear! Seen nothing whatsoever from #Ahorredous since she joined Apple. A colossal amount of shareholders cash pissed away on some clueless "exec".
It looks like apple photoshopped out the black power cable that normally comes from the centre of the table down to the ground... so they know it's an eyesore, why don't they just route it via one of the legs (make it a steal frame and hallow on the inside maybe?)
It looks like apple photoshopped out the black power cable that normally comes from the centre of the table down to the ground... so they know it's an eyesore, why don't they just route it via one of the legs (make it a steal frame and hallow on the inside maybe?)
Actually it looks like the cable is powering a lamp on the table which isn't present in the original photos of that table.
So they had a fairly easy job of photoshopping something which didn't exist.
Wealthy people aren't that stupid to spend $10k on a apple watch
I never did in Perth Australia. They were on display in our Apple stores though.
Crazy rich people and their crazy shopping malls. Wish I was able to go there and buy that amazing stuff, but guess its all relative since I have an Apple watch.
Met a watch lover recently with 20 watches - most expensive $2000. His family gave him an apple watch and that is all he wears now.
I love mine for running and activity tracking. Before I used it for that it was pointless junk to me. Now ... buying series 2 and one for my wife.
Met a watch lover recently with 20 watches - most expensive $2000. His family gave him an apple watch and that is all he wears now.
I love mine for running and activity tracking. Before I used it for that it was pointless junk to me. Now ... buying series 2 and one for my wife.
Yeah...I associate pop up shops with independently run cell phone kiosks that always have barkers trying to get you to sign up. Annoying is the nicest descriptor I can give. Waaaay too Carnival / Carny.
Even in mobile phone segment there are players like Verte where fashion, luxury and technology was demonstrated but with total failure....It may look fantastic but they aint Swiss Luxury watch where you can wear it for 20 years and still it functions perfectly and luxury value still holds. Electronics, Sticky batteries cannot become part of luxury items unless they can be swapped Out of the box whenever...
Ok. Find a fitness device with GPS, a color OLED screen of around same size, touch screen, haptic feedback, heart rate monitor, water proof that is in same price range. It also needs to have bluetooth support and have 2 GB of storage for music. Can it get notifications? That would be a plus. It needs to cost $369 or less.
The vivoactive HR is close, with much lower resolution screen (205 x 148 pixels vs 272 x 340 - thats a 1/3 of the pixels of small Apple watch), no touch, not haptic, no music storage so it cannot power your headphones. So if you want music you need to buy a separate device. It is $269, not bad but its missing alot the Watch has. Now maybe it is better at the things you want but its not cheaper - its just less.
apple watch gold edition right up there with the hockey puck mouse and g4 cube as apple's worst products
i've intensively disliked the apple watch from the beginning so this news gives me great joy
i've intensively disliked the apple watch from the beginning so this news gives me great joy
“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.” Oscar Wilde.
1- Apple doesn't make the gold version anymore, therefore the Galeries Lafayette pop up shop isn't needed anymore. I don't think anyone really bought any watches there anyway, it was more like a display for publicity.
2- The biggest Apple Store in Paris ( Opéra ) is literally across the street. You can look at the watches at the Galeries then go buy one at the Apple Store.
2- The biggest Apple Store in Paris ( Opéra ) is literally across the street. You can look at the watches at the Galeries then go buy one at the Apple Store.
It's not stupid when 10K to you is like 100 bucks to someone else. It's just a shopping lark.
People do stuff like that. Have you ever decided on a whim to book a suite in a luxury hotel instead of a regular room in a more modest hotel (but still quite nice) hotel down the street? People who spend money that way do this all the time. I am not a 10K on a watch type of gal (though I love a nice suite in a luxury hotel), but I know people who are. Too many Rolexes and Pateks out there tell me that not everyone is a serious watch shopper and people sometimes just buy stuff because it's trendy or will get them some attention.
Are you suggesting that Galleries Lafayette could be selling unauthentic articles ?
That's mad. Sure, French customs wage war against knock-offs, but to even imply that their supply chain might be compromised... You'd be considered deranged.
There are €5,000 dresses on display right next to this Apple stand. There's nothing sketchy about such a place
Selling the Watch there comes at a heavy cost. It's not for a profit, but for the "bling" of having an outlet THERE. Clerks might humour you and come chat you up because it's their job, but they usually can tell right off the bat if you're buying or just visiting.
It's not too bad the stand is being removed, as Apple Opera (the store) is only a 5 minutes walk away. There are five Apple Store throughout Paris to boot.
I'll never feel a $ 10,000 or $ 17,000 impulse buy coming on!
As much as I like Apple products I have never viewed the watch as a fitness device except as a gimmick marketed toward the New Year resolutioner type.
Galeries Lafayette is beautiful though - worth a stroll alone. And watching those Chinese going all nuts in front of LV is remarkable. Wouldn't shop there myself either - totally overpriced although some nice items are indeed gorgeous (mostly for females).Their decor around Christmas is a looker though.
Men's department isn't even in that bulding but in the ugly annex*.
*...and a total waste of time imo.