3D comeback
Apple is bringing back the 3D window displays for Apple Stores
Apple is bringing back the “old school 3D front windows” at select retail Apple Stores as it readies for the new iPhones.
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Smash and grab
Thieves strike again, ransack California Apple store
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For the second time in a week, thieves target Apple store and get away with stolen Apple products.
Burglars steal $13,000 of goods from Apple Store
Burglars stole about $13,000 worth of goods from an Apple Store in Natick, Massachusetts, according to MetroWest Daily News. If there were any hopes that Apple might one day deliver untethered iPhones to U.S. Apple Stores, as it has in other places around the world, those plans might be squashed. According to the news outlet, a total of seven thieves worked over the Apple Store and...
Apple has zero iPhone 7 Plus units, no jet black models for launch
Apple has confirmed that it is all out of jet black iPhone 7 units ahead of Friday’s launch, and there won’t be any iPhone 7 Plus handsets, either. Those who were hoping to pick up one of these models without a reservation will have to look elsewhere. The jet black iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus have been in short supply since preorders kicked off last week. Fans found that both models...
Apple Store thieves used employee disguises to swipe iPhones
Apple Stores in New York are under siege by a gang of clever thieves who have been slipping in and walking out with tons of stolen iPhones. How do they do it? It turns out the criminals are taking advantage of Apple's new retail uniforms to impersonate employees. DNAinfo reports that a man dressed to look like an Apple Store worker grabbed 19 unlocked iPhones (valued at $16,130) and...
Jony Ive-designed Apple Store boasts a massive 37-foot display
Last year we got a first look at the new Jony Ive Apple Store design when one opened in Belgium. Now the same redesign has arrived in the U.S., starting with a store in Germantown, Tennessee. The highlight of the store is a giant 37-foot display that apparently costs $1.5 million. The screen, which sits directly across from the main glass entrance, may mostly serve as a digital...
Apple wins retail employee bag searching lawsuit
Apple recently won a class action lawsuit filed by Apple Store retail employees. The lawsuit first came to light in the summer of 2013, when employees filed a lawsuit against Apple for conducting bag searches to make sure items weren't stolen during shifts. The employees argued that the bag searches were embarrassing and that Apple should pay for the time it took for fellow employees...
Apple to allow Apple Watch try-on sessions without appointments, report claims
Apple is preparing to simplify its Apple Watch try-on process this week, four months after the device first went on sale, a new report claims. The Cupertino company will start by dropping the appointment requirement for try-on sessions. Since the Apple Watch was made available for pre-order, fans have had the opportunity to visit their local Apple Store and try on certain models before...
Apple Watch said to begin arriving in Apple Stores
Earlier this month, Apple announced the Apple Watch would be available in its Apple Store retail locations within two weeks. Now stores are starting to receive stock, according to some reports. 9to5Mac said that Apple Stores are ramping up for “limited in-store sales as soon as this week,” though most of the stores seem to be stocking the Apple Watch Sport model primarily. And while...
Flagship Fifth Ave Apple Store is getting a makeover
It's only been a few years since Apple unveiled a redesigned version of the iconic glass cube above its Fifth Avenue store in New York, but the company is already gearing up to renovate the flagship location once again. The Associated Press reports that Apple is temporarily moving next door to a space previously occupied by the F.A.O. Schwarz toy store. It's unclear if the Cupertino...