"Sorry, Steve: Here’s Why Apple Stores Won’t Work" - The Big Picture

"Sorry, Steve: Here’s Why Apple Stores Won’t Work" - The Big Picture

“Few outsiders think new stores, no matter how well-conceived, will get Apple back on the hot-growth path… Maybe it’s time Steve Jobs stopped thinking quite so differently.” —BusinessWeek, May 21, 2001   24 years to the day — May 21, 2001 — a Businessweek1 commentary explained why the newfangled Apple Stores were destined to fail. This pronouncement motivated subsequent blog posts (notably in 2005 and 2021) and a full chapter in “How Not to Inve…

Tip: In his book Apple in China, US journalist Patrick McGee describes how the tech company has invested billions in building factories and supply chains in China as well as training skilled workers. Inadvertently, Apple has enabled China to become a tech nation and laid the foundation stone for its Asian competitors. In the "Daily Show", McGee presents a moody summary of his research in conversation with Host Jon Stewart. youtube.com (19-Min-Vi…

Apple’s Impact on China and the Automotive Industry

Just when you think you know everything about Apple because you’ve been following the company for years, along comes a book that makes you question everything you know. Patrick McGee, Silicon Valley correspondent for the Financial Times, has pulled unknown nuggets of knowledge out of his hat with his book Apple in China, which gives you a completely different perspective on Apple and its influence on China, but also on the influence that China h…

The new book "Apple in China" reveals a disturbing dependence of the tech giant on the Chinese manufacturing sector.