New Apple Stores?

[Sayhey]

I think that store would win for most ornate looking. It's beautiful. I would imagine that the NYC and other CA stores would be in the top ten for size. My hope is that Apple would close the two Apple Stores in Boston proper and open a flag ship store here. We are just a large a metropolitan area as many other flag stores.

Now don't go hoping for stores to close! There is no reason Boston can't have the existing stores and a flagship store. Heaven knows that we aren't closing any stores in the SF area just because we now have the flagship store in downtown San Francisco. I've always said Boston, Washington, and Philly make a lot of sense for both flagship stores and additional smaller ones in the suburbs. I'm betting on one of these areas getting such a store in the next year-and-a-half to two years.

The London store is so ornate because it is a historic district with strict rules on changes to the facade. Besides, it's owned by the Queen and I doubt she would go for the silver boxes Apple has been putting out.

 

[Sayhey]

Opening Day in Bethesda

Apple's website is posting the day of May 8th as the opening of the Montgomery Mall store in Bethesda, Maryland.

 

[gopher]

Apple's website is posting the day of May 8th as the opening of the Montgomery Mall store in Bethesda, Maryland.

You beat me to it! I was just about to post that.

 

[Sayhey]

You beat me to it! I was just about to post that.

Sorry, gopher - enjoy the store and when you go post some pictures if you can.

 

[asif3]

I think that store would win for most ornate looking. It's beautiful. I would imagine that the NYC and other CA stores would be in the top ten for size. My hope is that Apple would close the two Apple Stores in Boston proper and open a flag ship store here. We are just a large a metropolitan area as many other flag stores.

Speaking of the London Store, my dad is 'in' property, so I got him to find out what the property prices for those flats are. They werent willing to give any prices out, but they strongly indicated that they would be not a penny under £5million (~$9 million). I wasnt too stunned by the price.

 

[tomatobush]

Yikes. Thats a pretty penny.

 

[quagmire]

I know the Montgomery mall opening

La Encantada, Tucson, AZ. -- should've been open by now unless they ran into set backs. Store was to be open before the end of 03'

Bethesda-Montgomery Mall, MD -- sometime in 04'

This saturday bud. May 8th 2004. Went there this past saturday, the construction walls are down. Eveything is ready except for one thing, THE STINKING COMPUTERS! I say they will get the computers by tuesday. But at the latest is thursday. I am attending the grand opening. I heard some rumors that some times they give away free stuff. Is that true? Thanks.

 

[aswitcher]

This saturday bud. May 8th 2004. Went there this past saturday, the construction walls are down. Eveything is ready except for one thing, THE STINKING COMPUTERS! I say they will get the computers by tuesday. But at the latest is thursday. I am attending the grand opening. I heard some rumors that some times they give away free stuff. Is that true? Thanks.

Last thing I recall them doing was the mystery bags for like $150 USD. In these they had about $500-$600 USD worth of Apple hardware/software, a pretty good buy if your new to Apple. Maybe they will do this...

 

[quagmire]

maybe...

Last thing I recall them doing was the mystery bags for like $150 USD. In these they had about $500-$600 USD worth of Apple hardware/software, a pretty good buy if your new to Apple. Maybe they will do this...

There is a link above that connects you to the montgomery mall tore. The only thing they are giving away is t-shirts. Maybe they will do it for surprise. Hope so I am going there as soon as it opens.

 

[rueyeet]

It does seem a fairly run-of-the-mill opening, but then it's a fairly standard store in an average mall. Apple's done so many grand openings, and this is the third in the DC/Baltimore metro, so maybe there won't be much of a line or anything.

I hope so...between not feeling well, having to stay out late on the night previous, and having much stuff to do later that day, my chances of even a free t-shirt--much less actually getting to touch a mini--are looking slim.

 

[Sayhey]

...and this is the third in the DC/Baltimore metro...

It is the fourth by my count - Arlington, McLean, Towson, and now Bethesda. I keep looking for a flagship store in Georgetown, but no word yet.

 

[Sayhey]

Tomorrow, May 19th, marks the third anniversary of Apple’s retail effort. Three years ago it all started with the opening of the McLean, Virginia and Glendale, California stores. Apple, with its current lineup of 79 retail stores ranks as the 11th largest US electronics retail outlet. It is clear that this effort, which is now running at a profit, is important for Apple’s plans to sell its products in an environment that does not marginalize them as irrelevant in a market dominated by Wintel machines.

Last year, Apple announced the plan for the following year with the projection of 77 stores by today’s date ( a goal exceeded by two) and the opening of two flagship stores in San Francisco and Tokyo (the first international store.) Apple has already announced that they will have 88 stores opened by the end of the fiscal year (Sept. 30th.) With that in mind here are the likely projected openings for the following year.

Here is the latest update of upcoming stores that have been listed on Apple's Jobs site (click on "Apple Store Job Opportunities" in the lower right of the page.)

1 - Barton Creek Mall, Austin, Texas (likely to open in June)

2 - Danbury Fair Mall, Danbury, Connecticut

3 - Shadyside, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

4 - Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri

5 - Rosedale Center, Rosedale, Minnesota

6 - Stonestown Mall, San Francisco, California

7 - Santa Rosa Plaza, Santa Rosa, California

8 - Osaka, Japan (second store in Japan)

9 - Bridgewater Commons Mall, Bridgewater, New Jersey

10 - Rockaway Townsquare Mall, Rockaway, New Jersey

11 - Stoneridge Mall, Pleasanton, California

12 - Victoria Gardens, Rancho Cucamonga, California

13 - Alderwood Mall, Lynnwood, Washington

14 - Christiana Mall, Wilmington, Delaware (first store in that state)

15 - Regent Street, London, England (Apple’s first European store)

16 - Oakridge Mall, San Jose, California (signs outside a retail space within the mall have an Apple store opening in “Winter 2004” (from ifoAppleStore.)

17 - Carousel Center, Syracuse, New York (recently added back to Apple’s “drop down” menu of Apple stores - new job listings on 5-26-04)


As I've already stated, all of the above stores have jobs openings at Apple’s web site. It usually takes four to six months from the posting of listings to opening of the store. In addition the following stores have been reported to be opening from other sources.

1 - Eastern Shore Center, Spanish Fort, Alabama (local newspapers have had Apple as one of the new tenants of the Center with a projected Fall 2004 opening.)

2 - St. John’s Town Center, Jacksonville, Florida (the Jacksonville Business Journal has a story predicting a March 2005 opening date)

3 - Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York (from a story in the New York Post - no job listings or projected opening date)

Other rumors have had possible openings in Paris, Upper West Side NYC (84th & Broadway), Toronto, Irvine (CA), a second Portland (OR) store (Pioneer Center), and the projected start of “mini-stores” focused in universities.

It looks to likely that Apple will have over 100 retail stores by March 19, 2005 and at least the London and Osaka stores will be new flagship stores. All in all, it is likely that another year of solid growth is in Apple’s immediate future.

edit: see post below

edit2: see post #204

 

[Sayhey]

The Oakridge store in San Jose, CA now has listings for the usual jobs on Apple's web site. This makes 16 upcoming new stores confirmed by Apple's own site.

 

[Mike571]

New Apple Stores

Hey Mr. Jobs, if you are listening how about one of your beautiful Apple Stores at the Brea Mall, Brea California. Please, it 'll save me lots of gas!

 

[BalBasBow]

Vive la france!

Here in Paris, France we are waiting our Apple Store in Paris, on Champs Elysées!
A poll by macgeneration.com (french site) said that more than 400 mac enthusiasts were ready to camp in front of the store when it will open !
Camping on Champs Elysées...Welcome to Paris!

 

[ingenious]

4 - Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri

Any word on when this one will open? This is like the only store that's even CLOSE to me. I hope it's a good one! Oh wait, this is Apple, of course it will be!

 

[bbarnhart]

Any word on when this one will open? This is like the only store that's even CLOSE to me. I hope it's a good one! Oh wait, this is Apple, of course it will be!

This is related to the Kansas City store. There was an article in the paper last week as to its location, it will be on the Plaza near Ann Taylor. It will be a small store around 2,500 square feet. I don't know when it will open, but my guess it will be in the fall.

 

[512ke]

Sooner or later all these stores have to translate into higher market share for Apple...right?

 

[~Shard~]

Sooner or later all these stores have to translate into higher market share for Apple...right?

Well, Apple is definitely trying to make itself more visible and accessible to consumers, so I guess we'll see. If market share doesn't eventually increase, it won't be for lack of trying on Apple's part!

 

[Sayhey]

Any word on when this one will open? This is like the only store that's even CLOSE to me. I hope it's a good one! Oh wait, this is Apple, of course it will be!

Given the timing of the jobs listings it is likely that Kansas City will be one of the stores Apple says it will open before Sept. 30th. I tried to list the 16 stores in roughly the order they appeared on Apple's site. The exceptions are the London and Osaka stores, but those are flagship stores which take longer to open (and foreign stores as well) and my guess is that while Osaka may open before Sept. 30th, London is probably scheduled for later in 2004.

 

[good citizen]

Not lookin' good for the Spanish Fort store... ifoAppleStore now says that Apple's not included in a list of retailers coming to the site.

A tipster noticed a sign with a long list of tenants at the upcoming Eastern Shore Centre in Spanish Fort (Ala.), but it does not include an Apple store. The location has long been on the list of possible sites, but we'll have to wait until October for the mall to open to finally determine what's up.

 

[bousozoku]

Christiana Mall must be going upscale. They certainly weren't the kind of mall that Apple has been choosing. I don't remember any Bloomingdales, although there may be a Macy's store. Of course, considering that Delaware is a small state, it should be able to support the state plus some Philly and South Jersey traffic that won't go to the King of Prussia and Marlton stores.

It's amazing that there are two more stores in New Jersey but only two stores for all of Pennsylvania. There used to be a BMW dealership in Windber, which is in central PA near Johnstown, and is tiny. Surely, if they need BMWs, they need iPods and PowerBooks too.

 

[Sayhey]

Christiana Mall must be going upscale. They certainly weren't the kind of mall that Apple has been choosing. I don't remember any Bloomingdales, although there may be a Macy's store. Of course, considering that Delaware is a small state, it should be able to support the state plus some Philly and South Jersey traffic that won't go to the King of Prussia and Marlton stores.

It's amazing that there are two more stores in New Jersey but only two stores for all of Pennsylvania. There used to be a BMW dealership in Windber, which is in central PA near Johnstown, and is tiny. Surely, if they need BMWs, they need iPods and PowerBooks too.

I too am amazed at the few stores in the Philly area. This new Wilmington store will make only three locations in a metro area of over six million people. The New Jersey stores are part of an obvious commitment of Apple to serve the huge NYC market, but other very large markets - like Boston, Washington, and SF have had more stores for a very long time. It looks like Apple is just finally trying to catch up in Philly.

good citizen, I also read the item on the Spanish Fort store, but don't give up just yet on the location. Apple tries very hard not to have any advance publicity of openings on mall sites. It is almost a mania in Cupertino not to let out information until about a week before openings. It is only when folks slip up that we get much of a clue about what is going on with the stores.

 

[Dkrudop]

Charlotte, DC, and Bethesda are ALL too far away for those of us in the metro Norfolk/Va. Beach/Chesapeake/Portsmouth/Newport News/Hampton/Suffolk/Williamsburg are of southeastern Virginia. With close to 2,000,000 people in the overal Hampton Roads area......surely consideration should be given to a store here.

 

[~Shard~]

Still waiting for some Canadian stores! Some of you think you have it bad - the nearest Apple store to me is probably at least an 8-hour drive away across the border!