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Gary Allen
Personal blog · ifoapplestore.combusinesshardware
Gary Allen's personal blog at ifoapplestore.com covers business and hardware. Since 2008, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite this site as a source for facts about Apple retail stores, such as store sizes and hiring competitiveness. The comments only reference it and do not discuss the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Gary Allen's blog, ifo Apple Store (ifoapplestore.com), about Apple Retail Stores and more.
What Hacker News says?
Which is why I didn't say the claim was false. I just have doubts that it's true. Googling "apple hiring process" turns up this: http://www.ifoapplestore.com/stores/hiring.html "And lastly, the competition for jobs is intense! Sr. v-p Retail Ron Johnson has said it's tougher to be hired than being accepted by Stanford University--literally. During one talk he said Apple hired 978 store employees during 2002 from an…
Comment linking /stores/hiring.html
on “What Happened to Yahoo”Submitted Apple Store Personnel Cuts Linked to Profit Goal as a story · 22 points
HN discussionReference: http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2009/10/28/impressive-stone-flo...
Comment linking /2009/10/28/impressive-stone-floors-start-as-a-mountain/
on “Minding The (Apple) Store”Submitted Reports Persist of Apple Store Budget Cuts, Emphasis on Revenue as a story · 21 points
HN discussionGovernments around the world have been suffering the "Not Taxed Here" syndrome for a long time. Companies making money across borders can pay their corporate taxes elsewhere, wherever is more convenient, sometimes in the US, sometimes in Ireland, etc. This is not specific to Google or Facebook. There are many evasive tricks, most of them legal, like having headquarters charge branches a high price for "services and…
Comment linking /2012/05/23/spain-retail-financials-reveal-controversial-accounting/
on “France Proposes an Internet Tax”Submitted Apple’s Designers Work Towards Storefront Symmetry as a story · 3 points
HN discussionReuters says "U.S. developer Hines is in talks to buy the site for under 25 million pounds and Apple is interested in taking space there." ( http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/09/02/uk-apple-target-idU... ) According to http://www.ifoapplestore.com/the_stores.html , Apple's retail stores range from around 3,600 square feet to 20,000 square feet, with most being in the 3,000 to 6,000 square foot range. The article st…
Comment linking /the_stores.html
on “New London Apple Store Big Enough To… Block Out The Sun?”Submitted $10 Million Glass Technology Is Behind Apple's 5th Ave Store Cube Replacement as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Palo Alto Store Project Active With Updated Design as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple will now match competitor prices in-store as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Work Here Is Done as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple Store Sales since 2001 - Charts & Graphs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple Raises Curtain on Spectacular NYC Store as a story · 1 points
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