Apple developing new atrium-style retail store concept
We’re beginning to think Apple never sleeps, as news comes in claiming the company is about to revise the already extremely successful retail formula it has been running on high streets worldwide. Mercury News tells us the company intends construction of a new prototype store in downtown Palo Alto, where it is about to move its existing store to a larger space – and there’ll be trees inside the shop. In a company filed planning application, project developers called the shop “a new prototype for the company.” The report claims, “The facade will be entirely transparent at ground level, vast skylights will flood the store with natural light, and trees will grow inside, fed by the sunlight from above, according to a proposal submitted to …
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Filed under: Retail , Apple The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that Apple may be moving its store in downtown Palo Alto, CA to a new, larger space that would be “a new prototype for the company.” Planning documents quoted by the newspaper describe a store that has a completely transparent facade at street level and huge interior...
Here’s an interesting piece from the Silicon Valley Mercury News, titled Apple plans new prototype store in downtown Palo Alto: “The facade will be entirely transparent at ground level, vast skylights will flood the store with natural light, and trees will grow inside, fed by the sunlight from above, according to a proposal submitted...
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