Comments on: An Apple Store Bubble?

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 19:21:13 +0000

In my experience there is very little overlap between the big malls in the Boston area. You go to the one closest to you and that is it, because they have mostly the same stores. So, I don’t think these stores will canabilize each others traffic. Now whether these stores are a good idea at all is another question (don’t look it to me, but I’d rather buy online anyway). BTW is there one in the Natick Mall (I’ve never noticed it if there is)?

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 20:30:04 +0000

where is your neighborhood. one or two is great idea but when there are four – well trouble ahead?

By: tjp

tjp — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 19:50:13 +0000

The Apple Store in my neighborhood is always crowded. There is always a line at the check out. Crowded at mid-day. Crowded in the evening. Crowded on the weekend. More crowded than other stores in the mall. Yes, we could use another Apple Store.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 03:13:54 +0000

mac has always been cool and it has been always the black. it just like gap and dot com bubble prompted people to switch to khakis and blue shirts, it was the case with windows. now the world is realizing the benefits of mac, and it is affordable again. i worry about the company getting complacent again.

By: Anand Jain

Anand Jain — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 03:05:27 +0000

If they are going to get into more CE stuff, then the new stores make sense. Also, I’ve been noticing (as have been several others), now a lot of developers use iBook as their development platform. These are not the design guys, but hardcore developers. I see more and more people switching to the Mac. Its cool again to be working on a Mac. Apple is the new black.