Category: retail

Amy Poehler’s Best Buy Ad- Good or Bad?- Gameday Special

For Best buy’s Super Bowl Ad this year, they hired Amy Poehler to play the part of a “clueless” shopper in a homage to the ease of use of their stores. The problem was… she wasn’t that dumb. She asked less “man that’s stupid” questions, and more double-meaning, trying-to-be-funny questions which just fell flat. 5 Examples of Lines That Fell Flat What’s the difference...

Apple Will Have Black Friday Sale On… Black Friday

Official word has reached us from Cupertino California. Apple will hold a black friday sale on Friday November 23rd, or as they refer to it “shopping event”. It will take place in-store, online, and by phone. Why is this so significant? Unlike most retailers, Apple very rarely has sales. They never have events like this more than once per year, and their only other...

MSFT Rips off Apple Store- When Comes The Apple V Microsoft Patent Wars?

Apple’s patent war with Samsung in the US has come to a close with gains of $1 billion. So now Apple’s lawyer’s are wondering, “Who should we sue next?” And the not-so-obvious possibility I’ve been entertaining after taking my first real look at the Microsoft Store is Microsoft. Have you seen the Microsoft Store? It’s the closest thing you can get to copying Apple...

The Apple store Before “The Apple Store”

If you ever feel like doubting how radically different the Apple Store was from any store in the industry at its’ inception, take a look at this old photo I found of the original Apple Store from the mid ’90s. Back then any old joe could walk in to their company store in their headquarters and buy stuff. The Original Apple store as listed...

Apple’s Incredible Retail Empire (Infographic)

The iPad and iPhone look like standout sellers as devices go, but without Apple’s impressive retail machine I’m not so sure they would be selling nearly as well. Don’t believe me? Check out this info graphic by onlinemba.com which they emailed to me to put up here. This fantastic info graphic on Apple’s retail power Posts provided by The App Store Chronicle- All Rights...