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Kohl's Will Begin Selling Apple Watch at 400 Locations Across U.S. Later This Month

compare this with last year's launch campaign, where you had to go to snotty high end retailers that sold $20,000 t-shirts. I'd much rather go to Kohl's than give my money to those pompous fools.
 
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truthertech said:
Your drive to bash Apple blinds you to the inanity of your statement. Since last year, Apple Watches have been sold at Walmart,Best Buy, Target, etc., all far lower end stores than Kohl's department stores.
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I have no desire to bash Apple; I love my iMacs, iPad and iPhone. And the operating system. Fine, other mass market retailers sell their products. Honestly, I would never think to go to those stores to buy an Apple product, but I live literally 3 miles from an Apple store and have probably four others in a 30 mile radius. So it's just not one of those thing on my radar. Also, I hate shopping at Kohl's and stores like them - even better department stores like Macy's. Too much stuff and wacky pricing schemes.

But I'm with the others who wish they'd put more effort into updating their computer line to machines like "the old days." I suppose it doesn't help that I really don't see the appeal of an Apple Watch to begin with (which is not a "bash" on Apple, just a personal preference). But considering that my "nice" watch is almost 20 years old and that I buy a $20 Timex every five years, clearly I'm not the demographic for that kind of an accessory.
 
I'm starting to understand the hate people have for Apple consumers given the amount of elitism over a retail store.

Yes. Your product will be sold at a store where the target demo consumer has a lower median household income.

Get over yourself.
 
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JDW said:
"smart watch" is your key point. I, like so many people around the globe, aren't in the market for a "smart" watch at all. I have a normal-yet-good watch. That watch is 100% solar powered, has a perpetual calendar, is waterproof, is radio controlled in Japan so I never need to set the time, is gold plated, and has a burgundy croc band. I've had it for over 10 years and it still looks and works as great the day I paid $400 for it. It's truly zero maintenance. I just put it on, use it to look at the time and date, and then take it off. Nothing is simpler.

Perhaps some day when "smart" watches truly are smart (i.e., do a heck of a lot more than they do now), and have a much longer battery life, I will take a fresh look at them. And I hope it will be a new version of the Apple watch because I really like Apple. But for now, I am very much a MacOS and iOS product user. And despite all the sales numbers you may try to throw at me, I know I am not alone. And because I like MacOS so much, it troubles me that so much time and effort is spent on the Apple Watch when the MacBook Pro needs a heck of a lot more love. Despite iOS and Apple Watches, Apple's core still is very much the personal computer. It really is. Hopefully the new MBP is not a sign they've lost their way. But without Steve Jobs kicking fannies and micro-managing the engineering and design teams at Cupertino anymore, who knows what the future will bring.
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The point was that you were bashing Apple's decision to sell watches at Kohl's as such a bad business move that you needed to sell your Apple stock and now you double down by criticizing the decision to sell a smart watch because you like your analog watch and don't want an Apple Watch. From a business perspective, however, Apple immediately owned the market and is estimated to have sold 20 to 30 million of them in a short period of time. You make the mistake of thinking your own personal wants and needs are reflective of the market and should drive Apple decisions, when, for example, we other shareholders can be glad that Apple recognized that there were tens of millions of people who disagreed with you about an Apple Watch.
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NovemberWhiskey said:
I'm starting to understand the hate people have for Apple consumers given the amount of elitism over a retail store.

Yes. Your product will be sold at a store where the target demo consumer has a lower median household income.

Get over yourself.
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Kohls is not a discount store. It is a main stream department store. Apple Watch has long been sold since the beginning at true discount stores such as Walmart, Best Buy and Target, etc.
 
truthertech said:
Kohls is not a discount store. It is a main stream department store. Apple Watch has long been sold since the beginning at true discount stores such as Walmart, Best Buy and Target, etc.
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Best Buy is an electronics store. Not a discount store.
 
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JDW said:
"smart watch" is your key point. I, like so many people around the globe, aren't in the market for a "smart" watch at all. I have a normal-yet-good watch. That watch is 100% solar powered, has a perpetual calendar, is waterproof, is radio controlled in Japan so I never need to set the time, is gold plated, and has a burgundy croc band. I've had it for over 10 years and it still looks and works as great the day I paid $400 for it. It's truly zero maintenance. I just put it on, use it to look at the time and date, and then take it off. Nothing is simpler.

Perhaps some day when "smart" watches truly are smart (i.e., do a heck of a lot more than they do now), and have a much longer battery life, I will take a fresh look at them. And I hope it will be a new version of the Apple watch because I really like Apple. But for now, I am very much a MacOS and iOS product user. And despite all the sales numbers you may try to throw at me, I know I am not alone. And because I like MacOS so much, it troubles me that so much time and effort is spent on the Apple Watch when the MacBook Pro needs a heck of a lot more love. Despite iOS and Apple Watches, Apple's core still is very much the personal computer. It really is. Hopefully the new MBP is not a sign they've lost their way. But without Steve Jobs kicking fannies and micro-managing the engineering and design teams at Cupertino anymore, who knows what the future will bring.
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In my small part of the universe I see a notably increasing share of people wearing a variety of smart watches these days, including Apple Watch. I don't buy a lot of the tech Apple sells either, but that doesn't lead me to conclude that they should not be selling it.
 
I don't think it is the best move but I don't think it is the worst move for apple. We have a ton of apple devices. I shop at Kohl's sometimes. It can be convenient to have so many options under one roof. If they include the Nike Apple Watch in the holiday offer I will absolutely try to buy my son's Nike Apple watch there. I wouldn't mind the kohl's cash!
 
NovemberWhiskey said:
I'm starting to understand the hate people have for Apple consumers given the amount of elitism over a retail store.

Yes. Your product will be sold at a store where the target demo consumer has a lower median household income.

Get over yourself.
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Agreed. To many people feel Apple must be struggling if they are spreading their product line amongst other retailers. As if it's some travesty to shop at a retailer that doesn't sell electronics. I for one, appreciate a larger variety of places to purchase the Watch, which opens for more buying opportunities. Ignorance is a problem for some forum members on this site.
 
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VMMan said:
Kohls is great for buying Dockers pants with the stretchy waists.
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Holy crap, you are correct. My husband needs some comfy drawers for when he's not in jeans. I forgot they had those.

Ideal use: Thanksgiving.

LOL.
 
Apple Watch at Kohls simply screams out how few have been sold and how desperate they are to bump sales.
 
Naimfan said:
Apple Watch at Kohls simply screams out how few have been sold and how desperate they are to bump sales.
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Interesting. Can you provide a link to where it states "Apple is desperate to bump sales with the Apple Watch at Kohls."

Because I'm thinking your statement is a far fetched anecdotal farce with no susbstance, other than bashing Apple and the Watch. But I would thoroughly enjoy how you came to this conclusion with sales numbers attached.
 
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I'm not a fan of the Apple Watch, but Kohls is a very underrated store. The stores always seem well maintained with a wide selection of fairly priced merchandise.
 
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Lol correct the smart watch segment. Why would we be comparing a $50 step counter with a $300+ smartwTch

Soccertess said:
"smart watch" being key, as they certainly not the best selling wearable. That goes to Fitbit BUT A HUGE margin. this reminds me of Apple's last statement regarding Macbook pro. Best selling online mac of all time, because you can ONLY buy them online right now...they forgot to mention that there other laptops had retail sales at the same time.

Don't believe the corporate spin.. ask questions..
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Samsung barely outsells Apple and that's pathetic figuring Samsung releases nearly 100 phones a year to Apples three.
More importantly, Apple takes 95% of the profit of the entire industry. So other manufacturers can continue losing money as they churn out crappy phones.

Soccertess said:
Except the only one phone uses iOS (hold your breath this is a surprise, that phone is called the iphone!), so it's fair to compare the whole Android market to Iphone, as it's interchange with iOS (for phones not tables).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_mobile_phones#2015.5B44.5D

and you can see, Samsung sells more devices than Apple, even with there top phone off the market due to the small exploding issue :p
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ugahairydawgs said:
I don't think luxury is the right word for their branding. They seems to want to make great products that are sold at a premium price, which I wouldn't say is synonymous with luxury. The truth of the matter is that while they used to be a niche company, things have changed dramatically in the past 20 years. You can buy Apple products at Walmart, Target, Best Buy and many other similar stores. They sell to the higher end of the "everyday market", but its not, by any means, a luxury brand.

And that's not a bad thing.
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But the truth of the matter is Apple had sold a watch for $17,000 $$$ made with Gold. If that is not synonymous with Luxury then I don't know what else is.

Apple DID push their watch as a luxury item to specialty luxury boutique shops. That is not any hidden secret. You cannot deny facts. They tried and it didn't work so they are trying something different. Nothing wrong with that.
 
nofear1az said:
But the truth of the matter is Apple had sold a watch for $17,000 $$$ made with Gold. If that is not synonymous with Luxury then I don't know what else is.

Apple DID push their watch as a luxury item to specialty luxury boutique shops. That is not any hidden secret. You cannot deny facts. They tried and it didn't work so they are trying something different. Nothing wrong with that.
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They tried....that's for sure.

Then they canceled the watch and are closing the boutiques. So that should give you some sort of idea of how that went. A desire to sell an overpriced watch though doesn't make you a luxury brand anymore than all of a sudden offering the option of a kobe beef burger would make McDonalds a high end restaurant.
 
Jim said:
How are they going to offer the Apple Watch series 2 when it isn't even in good supply at their Apple Stores?
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I was thinking the same thing. I'm waiting 2 mos. plus for my series 2 watch. Will Kohl's have inventory before I get mine delivered at Thanksgiving? Why launch with no inventory? Oh yeah, to build demand. Still sucks though.
 
ugahairydawgs said:
They tried....that's for sure.

Then they canceled the watch and are closing the boutiques. So that should give you some sort of idea of how that went. A desire to sell an overpriced watch though doesn't make you a luxury brand anymore than all of a sudden offering the option of a kobe beef burger would make McDonalds a high end restaurant.
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Agreed. Apple went to far and beyond with the Watch Edition between $10,000-$17,000. A lot of the blame appeared to be on Angela Ahrendts. The Edition was nothing More than a show piece with nothing to offer than the Sports Watch. The Life of the Edition was short lived and Apple knew it was not worth the price tag. The Edition should have never happened in the first place.
 
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