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Fwd: New Product Gossip of the Day [11/6/97]
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>Don Crabb: Crustacean-at-Large
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>THERE'S LIFE IN THE OLD GIRL YET
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>In the first of a series of expected moves designed to rebuild its
>shattered retail presence, Apple Computer today announced that it
>was partnering with computer megastore chain, CompUSA Inc. to
>"launch a new 'store within a store' retail format for selling Apple
>products and technology within CompUSA Computer Superstores
>nationwide," Crusty has learned. "According to this plan,
>CompUSA Computer Superstores will be dedicating significant
>retail space to Apple computers, software, peripherals, and
>supplies as well as staffing the areas with Apple-trained
>employees," Apple sources said.
>
>It's a cinch that Apple customers will note the increase in Apple
>floor space, since currently it takes a scanning electron
>microscope to find anything with the six color pomme on it in a
>CompUSA, The Argumentative Arthropod notes.
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