Its computers will still be sold on Gateway’s Web site and via phone. The stores will close April 9, Gateway says. Struggling PC maker Gateway said Thursday that it plans to close all 188 of its retail stores and lay off 2,500 workers. Here’s Michelle Kessler at the USA Today, back in 2004: Gateway’s stores were such a failure it was almost funny, if it wasn’t so damn sad. The only consultants I’ve ever hired in my 10 years is one firm to analyze Gateway’s retail strategy so I would not make some of the same mistakes they made. In 2008, Jobs had this to say on the topic: It is the only time that Apple has hired outside consultants under Steve Jobs. ![]() Apple was still bleeding money, and the entire PC industry was still limping after the Tech Bubble Burst. On May 19, 2011, Tysons Corner and Glendale Galleria in Glendale, California, opened to the public.Ģ001 seemed like a crazy time to open a retail chain. ![]() Back in 2001, Steve Jobs gave a tour of the Tysons Corner Apple Store in McLean, Virginia. ![]() Ten years ago this week Apple opened its first retail store.
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