Listen to this stat.

Best Buy averages $18 a square foot and Apple averages $4,700 a square foot.

I can't believe Apple's numbers.

wsj says it's per sq ft, not per click.

Well, if you had an internet business and earned $1, with zero square feet... Thats infinity. (ie, 1 divided by 0). I think people see their purchases from them as though they're buying art, but a $2000 desktop (or whatever spin they've put on it, renamed 'desktop') isn't going to be worth much in 5 years anyway. I build my own PCs, and a Mac enthusiast labeled it a frankenstein... doesn't make sense, because frankenstein was built from dead parts. If my PC was a mac, it would be more than twice the price, and I spent $5000 (excluding monitors & 3D bigscreen) on components for it. Very top-end gear, workstation grade. 24 gigaflops! And its in a case from an old P3 midtower, lol.. any break-ins, and they'll think its junk.. but the multi-multi-head display and liquid-cooling tower standing next to it should be a dead giveaway. Its really nice when I install a brand-new game and crank the video settings to the max, and I can still rip a dvd or whatever while I play.

Can apple sustain these numbers? I don't know.

not if they put out the same thing twice in a row each time they have something new. i take that back to many people think the apple logo makes you "cool" and/or is the best phone you can get

Makes sense when you're selling only 4 major items. Backroom storage is cheap (and stacks to the roof) while display room is expensive. Oh, and there's that crazy apple addiction thing too

I just ordered the iRock. $100 for a painted rock with an apple logo, best money ever spent.

Winter Woman said:

Best Buy averages $18 a square foot and Apple averages $4,700 a square foot.

I can't believe Apple's numbers.

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why is that so hard to believe best buys sells washing machines. apple sells iPhone for $1000 think about how many iphones you can fit in a washing machine box

Look at the size of apple stores compared to best buys. Add into consideration the average cost of an item in each store. Not to mention how many employees best buy has on one shift. It's no surprise best buy went bankrupt. I just hope they hold out at least till my warranty is up on my insignia tv.

Apple doesn't have much brick and mortar, and the stores they do have are fairly small, especially when compared to best buy. I don't think many people order online from best buy (if they do, they're missing the point of shopping online), compared to apple, a lot of people, dare I guess, most people, buy their stuff online.

red0021 said:

Apple doesn't have much brick and mortar, and the stores they do have are fairly small, especially when compared to best buy. I don't think many people order online from best buy (if they do, they're missing the point of shopping online), compared to apple, a lot of people, dare I guess, most people, buy their stuff online.

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if their management realizes that they can not compete with big ticket items soon enough they will be fine. They need to start stocking the shelf with accessories. games, movies, wires, printers , ink, ect they will be fine.
nothing more then $800

I wonder if there is a way to split Apple revenues into online vs. store retail. The retail number would be a better point of comparison.

The other thing I'm getting from the OP is Apple's staying power ... they are adapting to a changing market and trouncing the naysayers who have repeatedly predicted the company's demise or marginalization. cn

I'm surprised they haven't been hit with an anti-competitive lawsuit, and forced to split their company.. One for OS, and one for hardware.. Then, people would realize they either don't need the OS, or they don't need the hardware. It happened to other companies.