According to sources, Apple will open stores within Target locations around the U.S.
By doing so, Apple can cheaply expand into smaller metro areas.
If accurate, Apple will open Apple-branded stores in 25 of the larger Targets at points during this year.
Of course, the launch will be a small test, as Target has 1752 stores in the U.S. Apple has 359 of its own stores around the world, ... [ read the full article ]
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OO OO OO... Dats just nasty... Funny, buht, na uh sty...
Getting back to nasty... CrApple... Opening cheaper, selling more expensive... damned if that ain't the old 80s business model Steve Jobs went into the ground with! Build it ass cheap, sell it as god awful higher than a cats ass. I mean right at the cusp to were man can barely afford to breath. Then in 18 months con him/her into buying another that they can't afford because the other broke, out of warranty & was a POS out of the box due to under powering in the first place (i.e., didn't spend $1500 additional, which wouldn't give it any longevity, just performance).
Plus let's build it on proprietary hardware that you can't get on your own, replace yourself (without voiding said warranty) or even sell on your own without making yourself into a criminal. Not only that, let's keep selling our stuff out of environments that have captive audiences where there's no hopes of escape or no means by which you can walk away from it.
Meaning, cheap assed locals in stores (cause you KNOW they aren't paying the stores for the foot print? Really? It's a privilege to have Apple in there, or didn't you know that? They have to pay them 30% to have Apple there [of course that's probably a joke]) Then there is the Apple store shoved in the communications building of every college campus computer lab. & then forcing every student to use an Apple computer for the curriculum in communications. BS! I have a whole dissertation on how I got through Cinema & Photography on a Windows machine equivalent running the exact same software, faster & better than the other students (yeah, I know, braggart) because all they had was Apple products for the students to use.
Nope, nope, nope... It's the 21st century already! Where's my flying car damnit!
HA HA F'ing HA!! Funniest sh*t I've read in a long time. Thanks! That just perked up my day!
As for Apple in Target......LAME! Some how I don't think that the potential increase in Apple sales from this will even "potentially" yield a decrease in their much overpriced merchandise. Isn't this why Apple should be looking to do this? Isn't this how 'business' works?? Develop, market, expand, lower costs, increase volume of sales???
