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Have Apple's retail stores become a waste of space?
bloggingstocks.com - 2/2/2009
Have Apple's retail stores become a waste of space?
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL ) has about 250 retail stores. It's not surprising that their sales would be off. The recession in retail revenues has spread almost everywhere. But, the trouble at Apple stores may be deeper than many investors would expect. According to Barron's , "Apple's (ticker: ...

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Technologizer:  Apple Store Traffic Flat, But Sales Are Down

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Apple Store Traffic Flat, But Sales Are Down
Technologizer — ... As Doug McIntyre at BloggingStocks put it, these stores serve almost as a showroom of sorts for the company: “As long as Apple’s revenues are improving, there is hardly reason to complain,” he argues. I can’t argue with that. ...

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