Hi,
I'm not sure if this is the appropriate community, but I was wondering if there was a process to suggest new locations for Apple Retail Stores? I couldn't any direct way to contact Apple Corporate or their Real Estate department.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
ronald254
New Apple Retail Store
You can write to Apple's corporate office and suggest a location:
but as deggie said, it's unlikely that requests from even several dozen people would be sufficient if Apple's own research does not indicate that a particular location makes sense for them. Apple Stores are very expensive to set up and run, so Apple needs to be convinced that there will be sufficent sales (not just traffic) to justify a given location, and then all sorts of other factors would have to fall into place.
Regards.
There is no such process, Apple decides internally through research of marketing databases where to place an Apple Store. If you saw Mr. Jobs presentation to the Cupertino City Council regarding the plans for the new Apple Headquarters you would discover there is not even an Apple Store in Cupertino. When asked why by the Mayor he responded that their research showed insufficient traffic.
You will just have to wait and see.
No objection to that.
I know businesses look at demographics (economic status of surrounding communities, promixity to other retail/restaurants in the area) as well as other items I pointed out earlier.
It would be really beneficial to have one in my part of town, which fits a lot of those key items. Apple detakes their own pace.
True it wasn't a full blown retail store but you could get more than what you listed; I picked up some software, and I think you could get some accessories also. Since I wasn't in the market, I don't recall if there were Macs available to purchase.
Thanks for the response.
Hopefully, they will one day utilize public input.
When I visited 1 Infinite Loop a couple of years ago, there was a store in the building. Did they close it?
They have a visitors store that sells things like T-Shirts, pens, pencils, pads, etc. but they do not have a retail Apple Store there.
Don't know, I've never been there. I imagine it has the same items as last time you were there.
New Apple Retail Store Location Suggestion?
