DisneyStore vist and rumors

In article <jeff-47468B.09362713072008@news.giganews.com>,
Jeffrey Gordon <jeff@jeffreygordon.net> wrote:

> Now, per my first line of this post, I'm an Apple fan. I love their
> products and I love their designs. But there's something very unique
> about Disney design that doesn't need to be Apple-fied. Yes, I know
> that Eve from Wall-E was designed by Jonathan Ive. But still.

Remember that Steve Jobs is now on the Board of Directors as a result of
the Pixar acquisition. And Jobs has been working on making Disney more
Mac friendly (the website has tangibly improved, and Radio Disney now
streams through iTunes as well as its Windows only streaming engine on
the RD website). And if there is anything that Jobs brings to the
table, it is a bold willingness to design thing visually.

> Anyways, not too much *intel* on this, but sharing what I was told.

Where's a rimshot when you need it?

jt

Steve Jobs and Apple proved they know something about niche retailing
with the phenomenal success of the Apple Stores.
I think it's likely that, the reason Disney bought back the Disney
stores, was *precisely* due to this expertise.

It's staggering, really, when you consider that Disney could not make
the Disney stores work.

Steve Jobs, John Lassiter and Pixar have, IMHO, saved the Walt Disney
Company.

In article
<51759c3e-63ff-4aff-8c6f-22c92e16bfc7@y21g2000hsf.************.com>,
BigBob <BigBobxxx@cfl.*******> wrote:

> Steve Jobs and Apple proved they know something about niche retailing
> with the phenomenal success of the Apple Stores.
> I think it's likely that, the reason Disney bought back the Disney
> stores, was *precisely* due to this expertise.
>
> It's staggering, really, when you consider that Disney could not make
> the Disney stores work.
>
> Steve Jobs, John Lassiter and Pixar have, IMHO, saved the Walt Disney
> Company.

Well, I think you're right. Apple DOES have experience now in doing
retail. And the CM's at the RalDisStore I talked with said that the
rumors they hear is that the new DisStore concept looks a LOT like the
Apple store. Clean lines, etc.

But I don't think you've got the same audience, so the same design won't
necessarily work.

What do I know, though? I'm just a fan of both. ;)

~Jeff
TDC Experiment 626 and Guardian of Stitch Kingdom

On Jul 14, 9:52 am, Rudeney <rude...@mickeypics.com> wrote:
> Jeffrey Gordon wrote:
>
> > Well, I think you're right.  Apple DOES have experience now in doing
> > retail.  And the CM's at the RalDisStore I talked with said that the
> > rumors they hear is that the new DisStore concept looks a LOT like the
> > Apple store.  Clean lines, etc.
>
> > But I don't think you've got the same audience, so the same design won't
> > necessarily work.
>
> > What do I know, though?  I'm just a fan of both.  ;)
>
>  From my experiences, Apple definitely has an edge on product design and
> in customer service, but I honestly don't think their retail store
> design is any sort of fit at all for anything related to Disney.  And
> who says Disney is not good at retail?  WDW is pretty much the largest
> retail shopping center in the world.
>
> --
>
> - RODNEY
>
> Next WDW Vacation?
> Who knows...

It would pretty neat to be able to access Disney information and try
out new Apple products while doing so. Add a twist of Pixar; I can
see it happening.
-Fizzie

Gareth Slee wrote:

> Keane <keane@keanespics.com> wrote:
>
>
>>If Jobs hadn't been kicked out of Apple, Apple would be history now.
>>It was only under Scully that they started to move to more "open"
>>systems, i.e. usb, SATA, PCI, etc. If Jobs had his way, they would
>>have gone the same way NeXT did.
>>
>>Jobs only got back into the company when Apple bought NeXT to get
>>Mach.

And when Apple was being buried under so many "variations", customers
didn't know which product they were buying, and couldn't find
compatibility between a Quadra, a Mac+ or a MacTV...

Jobs is credited with bringing "the ModelT system" to the iMac, thus
getting early 90's praise for the Iconic Design-Recognizable Product.

> I've no interest into getting into an argument here, but Apple are
> selling more computers than ever.
> It's called the Halo effect and the iPod is mostly the reason...

And iPhone. And Leopard. (And *especially* Vista.) ^_^

Derek Janssen
ejanss1@verizon.nt