Inventories of Apple's $329 budget iPad are now dwindling ahead of its “California Streaming” event taking place next Tuesday, with a ninth-generation model already lurking.
Budget iPad stocks are dwindling as iPad 9 lurks
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India’s first brick-and-mortar Apple store delayed over COVID-19
The first Apple store was scheduled to open in Mumbai later this year, but has now been officially delayed because of the current Covid-19 pandemic and public health situation.
Apple says new brick-and-mortar stores are coming despite the coronavirus pandemic
Even though the pandemic saw many retailers downsizing their operations, Apple definitely isn't one of them, according to a new report from Germany’s Funke Mediengruppe.
This is Apple’s brand new retail store centrally located in the heart of Rome
Ahead of the grand opening tomorrow, Friday 27, at 10am local time, Apple has invited selected Italian journalists for a preview of its brand-new retail store located on Rome's Via del Corso.
The Apple Store app now offers sidebar navigation on the iPad and other perks
Apple has pushed an update to its Apple Store shopping app on the App Store, bringing sidebar navigation to the iPad and a pair of other improvements.
Rumor has it Apple has a ‘surprise and delight’ retail policy to give preferential treatment to nice customers
Retail employees have to work with a lot of people on a daily basis. Sometimes those customers aren't always the easiest to work with, and can be downright difficult, too. Turns out, Apple has a "secret policy" that may give preferential treatment to the nice ones out there in the world.
Target is boosting Apple’s presence in its stores
Target, the eighth-largest retailer in the United States, will attempt to increase its revenue derived from selling Apple products by expanding Apple gadget offerings, both in its brick-and-mortar stores and online. This new Apple initiative is part of Target's existing strategy to house popular brands at its stores in an attempt to attract more customers to its locations.
Apple closes all UK stores amid new lockdowns
The latest rounds of lockdown measures put in effect in England and Scotland yesterday have closed the remainder of Apple's retail stores in the United Kingdom.
Apple has temporarily closed nearly 100 stores during the holiday season peak
Raging COVID-19 epidemic and worsening outbreaks have forced Apple's leadership to temporarily close almost a hundred retail stores in the United States in the past week, including all stores in California. The timing of these temporary store closures couldn't have been worse as we are now in one of the busiest shopping weeks of the holiday season.
iPhone Upgrade Program temporarily unavailable in England due to COVID restrictions
Apple's retail stores in England are now closed as the country has entered a new national lockdown this morning. As a result of these new COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program is temporarily unavailable until at least December 2.
Marketing materials for the new iPad Air hit retail stores ahead of launch
The new iPad Air is listed on Apple's website and in the press release as coming later this month, but Apple has yet to give us an exact launch date. According to a well-connected Bloomberg reporter, the launch could be imminent because marketing materials for the unreleased product are beginning to trickle down to retail stores.
The official online Apple store finally launches in India, a 1.35 billion people market
Following years of preparations and lots of back and forth between Apple and the Indian government, the Cupertino compay today expectedly launched its official online retail store in India, home to a population of almost 1.44 billion people.