Archive for September, 2008
Looking Back on the Case for an Apple Store in Freeport
As I write this, folks are camped out awaiting today’s opening of Maine’s first Apple Store at the Maine Mall Sprawl. OK, I knew in May when I wrote 6 Reasons Why Freeport is a Better Location for an Apple Store that the odds for Freeport were on the order of a lottery ticket. Still, [...]
The New L.L. Bean Fall Men’s Catalog–This is a Stodgy Company?
It is a big big deal for any company in the formulaic catalog business to make a radical change in their book design. With their new Fall Men’s catalog, L.L. Bean has completely upended their conventional (but clearly time tested) model in favor of a fresh, bold, exciting new design. Speaking from squarely in the [...]
