Tag: retail

  • One of these things is not like the other: Apple store, Microsoft store

    I was an hour early for dinner with fabulous wife Whitney Connaughton and friends last Friday so I thought I’d tool around the local Apple store for a bit. The Back Bay Apple store in Boston is a thing of beauty — and it only took two years to get Boston’s historical commission to approve…

  • Hot stuff, cold crap – shopping for your nerd gear in 2012

    I’d planned to spend a couple of hours watching my son at the first Little League clinic of the season today, but turned out it wasn’t that kind of clinic — dads begone. Like all good gadgetistas, though, I had a few niggling unmet accessory needs to fill. So sprung for a couple of hours of…

  • Apple’s big new Back Bay store

    As part of the day job, got to attend the press preview of Apple’s new store in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. It’s on Boylston Street across from the Prudential Center Mall. It’s also Apple’s biggest. First floor is all Macs, second floor is for iPods and iPhones while the Genuis Bar and room for training…