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A Look Inside Afghanistan’s Almost-Apple Store

Fake Apple stores are nothing new. China has a slew of them, all polished and shiny, appearing almost as if they are the genuine article at a glance. Quartz dug up some details on Afghanistan’s (fake) Apple store, and although it’s a bit more frumpy than most, it still gets the job done.


Apple Trademarks The Design Of Its Retail Stores

Yes, you are looking at a technical drawing of an Apple retail store. Yes, it does form part of an approved trademark request, which means nobody can imitate Apple’s temples to tech.


Armed Robbers Steal Over $1 Million Worth Of Gear From A Paris Apple Store

If you think you’re having a rough morning heading back to work following the New Year’s festivities, an Apple Store in Paris’ opera district is still trying to determine just how much hardware was stolen after four or five armed thieves robbed the store three hours after it had closed.


Exclusive: Corrupt Apple Store Employees Come Forward

We thought the crooked little Apple Store in Texas was an isolated case. We were wrong; confessions from Apple’s retail squads around the country (and world) poured in. Apple has a serious naughty behaviour problem on its hands, and the Evil Geniuses are speaking out.


Apple Is Finally Opening An Adelaide Store

South Australians let us all rejoice, for you are finally getting your own Apple Store.


Sitting In Line For An iPhone Gets Even Sadder

iPhone line-sitting has never been a proud endeavour, but at least there was something pure about the diehards and wackos that set up shop outside Apple Stores days and weeks ahead of launch. This year it’s just a bunch of sellouts and self-promoters.


Watch These Robbers Ram Raid An Apple Store

OK! This is nuts. These idiots broke through the glass facade of a Los Angeles Apple Store with a BMW 4WD to rob its iPads, iPods and iPhones. They were nabbed red-handed because the licence plate came off.


How To Be A Genius: This Is Apple’s Secret Employee Training Manual

We recently showed you just how badly some of Apple’s retail elite behave when no one’s watching, but surely they were taught better, right? You bet they were: Apple tells its new recruits exactly what what to think and say. How do we know? We read Apple’s secret Genius Training Manual from cover to cover.


Exclusive: Confessions From The Most Corrupt Apple Store In America

“The saying goes: Don’t f**k with the person that serves your food,” a former Apple Genius tells me over IM. “Don’t f**k with the person who repairs your computer.” He — we’ll call him Ronald — spent six years as a member of Apple’s Genius squad. It was a model store: shiny as the best of them, teeming, making money. But in back rooms and in plain sight, the employees ran wild: giving away computers, stealing phones, drunkenly destroying customer property. Ronald saw (and did) it all.


Apple Has Started Work On Its New South Brisbane Store

Construction has kicked off on the official Apple Store in South Brisbane and as a result, the big black banner with the bright white Apple logo has been erected at Westfield Carindale.


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