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Link: Two Strikes →

Apple is now backpedaling on a recent initiative to decrease retail staffing and make cuts at some of their more “bloated” international stores. This is the second high-profile acknowledgment of a “mistake” on Apple’s part in recent weeks, with Apple … Continue reading

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Link: Apple Hires UK CEO for SVP Job →

Good observation from Dan Frommer: As Apple’s retail expansion efforts will be increasingly international, I suppose it’s smart to bring in someone with international experience. That may not have been Tim Cook’s priority, but it makes sense.

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Link: What Else Is New? →

Of course, Microsoft is chasing Apple, which has more than 320 stores, including 86 abroad. Microsoft actually was once ahead of Apple on the retail front, opening its first retail store in 1999 at the Metreon shopping center in San … Continue reading

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