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From: Ian Piper on 8 Aug 2010 08:08 On 2010-08-06 11:24:11 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > They should also have a coffee shop. > > Actually, do any of them do that? Even if it was just a > Starbucks/Costa/Whatever? That would actually be quite cool. > > Jim I doubt that they would see that as a good use of their retail space, even in a shop that size: although the profit per square foot of coffee is quite high I imagine Apple kit's ppsf numbers are higher. Anyway, you can barely throw a stone in any direction in central London without it landing in a freshly-brewed cappuccino - why would they need another outlet? Finally, just think of the opportunities for disastrous fluid/technology interfacing... Ian. -- Ian Piper Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development", Apress, December 2009 Learn more here: http://learnxcodebook.com/� --�
From: Chris Ridd on 8 Aug 2010 08:44 On 2010-08-08 13:08:49 +0100, Ian Piper said: > On 2010-08-06 11:24:11 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > >> They should also have a coffee shop. >> >> Actually, do any of them do that? Even if it was just a >> Starbucks/Costa/Whatever? That would actually be quite cool. >> >> Jim > > I doubt that they would see that as a good use of their retail space, > even in a shop that size: although the profit per square foot of coffee > is quite high I imagine Apple kit's ppsf numbers are higher. Apple publish their profits per square metre, somewhere. They're *very* high. > Anyway, you can barely throw a stone in any direction in central > London without it landing in a freshly-brewed cappuccino - why would > they need another outlet? Finally, just think of the opportunities for > disastrous fluid/technology interfacing... Our local Borders used to have an upstairs Starbucks, and that worked OK. Of course where are Borders now ;-) -- Chris
From: Mark on 8 Aug 2010 09:15 On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 13:44:17 +0100, Chris Ridd wrote (in article <8c7n51FmrkU1(a)mid.individual.net>): > On 2010-08-08 13:08:49 +0100, Ian Piper said: > >> On 2010-08-06 11:24:11 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: >> >>> They should also have a coffee shop. >>> >>> Actually, do any of them do that? Even if it was just a >>> Starbucks/Costa/Whatever? That would actually be quite cool. >>> >>> Jim >> >> I doubt that they would see that as a good use of their retail space, >> even in a shop that size: although the profit per square foot of coffee >> is quite high I imagine Apple kit's ppsf numbers are higher. > > Apple publish their profits per square metre, somewhere. They're *very* high. > A couple of articles note that the Regent Street shop was named as the most profitable per square foot in the capital, with takings around �60 million a year, or �2,000 per square foot. > >> Anyway, you can barely throw a stone in any direction in central >> London without it landing in a freshly-brewed cappuccino - why would >> they need another outlet? Finally, just think of the opportunities for >> disastrous fluid/technology interfacing... > > Our local Borders used to have an upstairs Starbucks, and that worked > OK. Of course where are Borders now ;-) >
From: Chris Ridd on 8 Aug 2010 09:44 On 2010-08-08 14:15:44 +0100, Mark said: > A couple of articles note that the Regent Street shop was named as the most > profitable per square foot in the capital, with takings around �60 million a > year, or �2,000 per square foot. That's what I was thinking of. Not Apple exactly publishing their figures! -- Chris
From: Pd on 9 Aug 2010 06:17
Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-08-08 14:15:44 +0100, Mark said: > > > A couple of articles note that the Regent Street shop was named as the most > > profitable per square foot in the capital, with takings around �60 million a > > year, or �2,000 per square foot. > > That's what I was thinking of. Not Apple exactly publishing their figures! Pretty impressive - I think the next highest was �1000/sq foot. Still not a patch on the New York Apple store though, at $35,000 per sq ft. -- Pd |