Per Presseaussendung hat jetzt, wie üblich zeitlich sehr knapp, offiziell bekannt gegeben, dass der neue Flagship in der New Yorker Station übermorgen, am 9. Dezember, eröffnet wird.
315 Angestellte werden künftig im neuen Apple Store arbeiten und Services wie Persönliche Abholung, zwei Genius Bars, neue 15-minütige „Express Workshops“ für praktische Tipps und Tricks usw. anbieten.
Der neue Grand Central Store wird Montag bis Freitag von 07:00 Uhr morgens bis 21:00 Uhr abends, Samstags von 10:00 bis 19:00 Uhr und am Sonntag von 11:00 bis 18:00 Uhr geöffnet sein.

Offiziell: Neuer Grand Central Apple Store wird am 9. Dezember eröffnet

Derzeit gibt es weltweit 361 Apple Stores in 11 Ländern, darunter die USA, Großbritannien, Frankreich, Deutschland und die Schweiz.

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Offiziell: Neuer Grand Central Apple Store wird am 9. Dezember eröffnet

Offiziell: Neuer Grand Central Apple Store wird am 9. Dezember eröffnet

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Apple Store Grand Central Opens Friday, December 9
Amazing Location to Serve Customers in One of New York's Busiest Transportation Hubs
NEW YORK—December 7, 2011—The Apple Store® Grand Central, Apple's fifth store in Manhattan, will open Friday, December 9, at 10 a.m., just in time for the holidays. This one-of-a-kind Apple retail store overlooks the historic Main Concourse from the East and North East balconies of the world-famous Grand Central Terminal, and has two Genius Bars for free tech support and advice.

Convenient services at the Apple Store Grand Central include Personal Pickup, a feature of the free Apple Store App which lets iPhone® users shop and buy from anywhere they are, then pick up their purchase when they reach the terminal. Customers using the Apple Store App can even scan and pay for accessories with their iPhone using the new EasyPay function. And new 15-minute Express Workshops offer tips and tricks in a streamlined format to serve customers on a tight schedule.

The store's expert team has 315 passionate employees who deliver these and other amazing services, which have become the hallmark of Apple retail stores worldwide.

Beyond the balcony overlooking the expansive Main Concourse, the Apple Store Grand Central offers rooms dedicated to some of our most popular services, including the largest area in the world dedicated to Personal Setup. In the Personal Setup room, customers who buy an iPad®, iPhone, iPod® or Mac® can get up and running before they leave the store. There's also a room designed especially for Personal Training, where new Mac owners learn the basics or take their skills to the next level as part of Apple's popular $99 (74 €) (74 €) (74 €) One to One program.

Holiday shoppers in Manhattan now have five unique Apple stores to choose from, each perfectly suited to the neighborhoods they serve: Fifth Avenue, Upper West Side, SoHo, West 14th Street and Grand Central. Around the world, nearly 300 million people have visited Apple retail stores in the past 12 months. There are 361 Apple stores in eleven countries including the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, China, Australia and Canada.

The Apple Store Grand Central is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday, Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

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