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ifoapplestore.com - 10/28/2009
Apple Tweaks Operations For Holiday Season
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The last three months of each year always bring a rush of shoppers to Apple’s stores, creating record revenues but also challenging the stores to maintain the “surprise and delight” that visitors have come to expect during the holiday buying season. This year, Apple will update ...
Interview: The Man Who Named the iMac and Wrote Think Different
cultofmac.com - 28 days ago
Interview: The Man Who Named the iMac and Wrote Think Different
— cultofmac.com — Meet Ken Segall — the man who dreamed up the name “iMac” and wrote the famous Think... Different campaign. Segall is a veteran creative director who worked at Apple’s agency, TBWA\Chiat\Day, back in the day. “I’ve ... (more) Interview: The Man Who Named the iMac and Wrote Think ...

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Exclusive look at Apple's new iPod touch-based EasyPay checkout
appleinsider.com - 29 days ago
Exclusive look at Apple's new iPod touch-based EasyPay checkout
— appleinsider.com — (ifoAppleStore) Within two weeks, Apple stores will begin retiring their current Windows CE-based portable computers and start... using a custom-designed and crafted iPod touch to check out customers. AppleInsider has a first look at the new system. (more) Exclusive look at Apple's new iPod touch-based EasyPay ...

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Apple retail stores upgrading EasyPay from Windows to iPod touch
appleinsider.com - 10/28/2009
Apple retail stores upgrading EasyPay from Windows to iPod touch
— appleinsider.com — Multiple sources have noted that Apple will be transitioning its retail store EasyPay handheld checkout systems from... Windows-based PDA devices to iPod touch hardware for the 2009 holiday season. (more) Apple retail stores upgrading EasyPay from Windows to ...

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Apple Retail Stores in Q4 2009
World of Apple — ... ifoAppleStore also breaks down the changes Apple will implement this holiday season “to reduce visitor confusion and streamline sales.” Apple will reportedly be dropping the colour-coded T-shirt system, all Apple store staff will wear the same colour T-shirt reducing customer confusion. Employees with also stop using the portable EasyPay systems and and begin using an iPod touch based solution ...

Apple retail stores upgrading EasyPay from Windows to iPod touch
AppleInsider — ... and more enthusiasm. Apple is also running a pilot program that allows its EasyPay-toting employees to accept cash for purchases, which the employees will then carry to cash drawers located under tables. The new changes are expected to help the company's retail stores improve the efficiency and level of service for customers during the holiday rush. Apple may be able to sell its old Pocket PC EasyPay terminals to Microsoft for use in its own retail stores. Update: IFOAppleStore also notes that Apple will be getting rid of its color-coded shirts for retail employees, ...

iPod touch-wielding staff will host French Apple shoppers near the Louvre from November 9 as international expansion ramps-up
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... While reports tell us the company is now training staff to use iPod touch devices to process orders and payments during the holiday season, fresh reports suggest Apple plans open its first store in France on November 7, as predicted near the location of the world famous Louvre museum in Paris. ...

Apple to bring changes to retail stores
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... As the holiday season brings additional shoppers to Apple's retail stores, they'll be making changes to ensure a pleasant experience for the new customers, ifoAppleStore reports. ...

Report: Apple plans store changes for holidays
Macworld — ... Not to be outdone by Microsoft’s recent invasion into the retail space with Apple Store replicas its own stores, Apple is reputedly getting ready to bring some changes to its own fleet of brick-and-mortar outlets. To better equip the stores for the upcoming sales juggernaut that is the holiday season, Apple is looking to make the checkout process more efficient and eliminate confusion about which employees do what. According to ifoAppleStore , the first change will be a rollback of the color-coded t-shirts that Apple introduced a while ago. Apparently, the variety of ...

News: Mix: Apple patent, lawsuit, EasyPay, NBA League Pass
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — ... with Direct Personal Computer (PC) Compatible Digital Format Output,” and “Process for Use in Electronic Camera”. The suit claims that Apple has “made, offered to sell, imported, used and/or sold” digital cameras that “directly, contributorily, or by inducement” infringe on the patents, without naming any specific product. AppleInsider notes that in many cases where St. Clair was awarded damages, the defendants entered into licensing agreements with the company. Apple is set to switch its retail stores from the current EasyPay portable point-of sale (POS) computers to iPod ...

Changes Coming to Apple Stores in Time For the Holidays
Mac|Life — ... The first reported change is phasing out multiple shirt colors that employees wear in order to differentiate themselves by their roles. These color coded uniforms tend to confuse shoppers as to who handles each task. Allegedly there will be only one color of uniform for all employees, although ifoAppleStore reports that the color may change every few months just to keep things fresh.  ...

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