Apple Store at Tech Square (Atlanta, Boston: rent, buy, living)

[NYbyWAYofGA]

I've heard from a source over at the SkyscraperPage forum that an Apple store, similar to the one at Lenox Mall, is going in the GTech Barnes & Noble. I'm not sure how accurate this is. Hopefully someone here can confirm.

[brent6969]

Originally Posted by NYbyWAYofGA

I've heard from a source over at the SkyscraperPage forum that an Apple store, similar to the one at Lenox Mall, is going in the GTech Barnes & Noble. I'm not sure how accurate this is. Hopefully someone here can confirm.

That would be awesome, but I liked the original plan of putting one in the Midtown Mile project???? Atlanta needs another one, all of the other store's are maddening all the time. Especially Lenox.

[PeteyNice]

Originally Posted by NYbyWAYofGA

I've heard from a source over at the SkyscraperPage forum that an Apple store, similar to the one at Lenox Mall, is going in the GTech Barnes & Noble. I'm not sure how accurate this is. Hopefully someone here can confirm.

I have my doubts. At least not *in* the Barnes & Noble. There is already an Apple area in that store and they do a lot of the GT student business. I can't see them giving that up.

[arjay57]

If you start plopping down Apple stores everywhere you dilute their value and uniqueness. I'm not sure how often folks need to go to an Apple retail store anyway. We've got several Apple products -- desktop, a MacBook Pro, Airport Extreme, iPhones, etc. -- but didn't buy any of them at a company store.

I'm not really against it but it just seems like Atlanta is way over-retailed already. Why not simply take the train a stop or two?

[MathmanMathman]

As far as I know, I don't think it is an Apple Store or at least not a full one. And it might be only for the Georgia Tech community, or at least the discounts will only apply to them.

[ecuresident]

Doesnt seem to make sense, that barnes and nobles gets tons of business from GT students. If it closes then there is no bookstore for GT students in the area. Personally it would make more sense to put it at Atlantic Station. AS would get a big boost, esp for the clientele they are trying to attract. And apple stores do well no matter where they are, and they could probably get cheaper rent there than GT square.

[DTL3000]

Originally Posted by arjay57

If you start plopping down Apple stores everywhere you dilute their value and uniqueness. I'm not sure how often folks need to go to an Apple retail store anyway. We've got several Apple products -- desktop, a MacBook Pro, Airport Extreme, iPhones, etc. -- but didn't buy any of them at a company store.

I'm not really against it but it just seems like Atlanta is way over-retailed already. Why not simply take the train a stop or two?

Ffffppppppphhhhhh!!!(sprays milk out of nose)

[roxyrn]

Lots of people go to the Apple stores after they purchase their products for repair, classes, updates. Some Apple stores such as the New York Soho store have a big auditorium like space with lots of classes. More stores could allow more services. And people always seem to like to hang out and play with the newest of toys.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by roxyrn

Lots of people go to the Apple stores after they purchase their products for repair, classes, updates. Some Apple stores such as the New York Soho store have a big auditorium like space with lots of classes. More stores could allow more services. And people always seem to like to hang out and play with the newest of toys.

I guess you are right. The few times I've been in an Apple store the people acted like they were too busy (or too cool) to help me. So we usually just go to Fry's or snag what we need online.

[RandyWatson13]

Originally Posted by arjay57

If you start plopping down Apple stores everywhere you dilute their value and uniqueness. I'm not sure how often folks need to go to an Apple retail store anyway. We've got several Apple products -- desktop, a MacBook Pro, Airport Extreme, iPhones, etc. -- but didn't buy any of them at a company store.

I'm not really against it but it just seems like Atlanta is way over-retailed already. Why not simply take the train a stop or two?

Apple has surpassed Tiffany's as the retailer that makes the most money per sq foot.

http://www.9to5mac.com/67978/feature...-off-big-time/

It would be cool if that area by Tech became a "tech" district but I'm a dreamer
Apple Stores: Fun factoids
• Apple Retail employs 30,000 hip people
• average per-square-foot revenue was $4,300 in late 2009 versus $872 for Best Buy
• they spend about $315,000 per store on wood furniture
• flagship stores cost anywhere between $20 and $40 million versus about $1 for a small mall store
• the Boston store is the largest in North America
• the world’s largest Apple Store is located in London’s Regent Street, measuring 25,000 square feet
• the smallest outlet is the 540 square feet store Santa Rosa Plaza, California
• the Bondi store in Australia has a living tree inside
• flagship stores are found at landmark spots in Boston, New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Tokyo, Osaka, London, Sydney, Perth, Montreal, Munich, Zurich, Paris, Beijing, Glasgow, Honolulu and Shanghai
• perhaps the most famous Apple Store is the flagship 32-foot glass cube New York City store on Fifth Avenue, open 24 hours a day
• 10,000 people applied for a job at Manhattan’s Upper West Side store in 2009, but only 200 were accepted
• more than half of the Macs sold in Apple’s retail stores are purchased by switchers
• Gary Allen’s ifoAppleStore, which passionately follows Apple Stores, has nearly 2,000 pages of information on all aspects of Apple’s retail store operation (and they have more amusing factoids)