New Canadian Retail Store

Ashtangi

As Jet_Star said, part of that vacant Eaton Centre space will be a BCBG. Don't be surprised if the remaining space is for Abercrombie & Fitch.

Here are some job postings for A&F:
http://www.torontoeatoncentre.com/co...jobposting.ch2

I'm not sure where else it'd go - and the size of the store is similar to their newly-opened location at Sherway Gardens.

Ashtangi

UPDATE - Confirmed.

Just noticed that the Apple Store signage has GONE UP on *HALF* of that vacant space on the south end, third level of the Eaton Centre - beside the BCBG.

kevs~just kevs

what is BCBG?

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8127972

This should clarify things:

http://www.bcbg.com/

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g4manwithipod

Wahoo! Now i can talk to a mac genius in my own freakin' neighborhood!
Goodbye Yorkdale! Hello Eaton! I do feel kind of sorry for some of the resellers (like shoppers drug mart). Who buys goes out for toothpaste and comes home with an ipod instead?
Obsessive compulsive shoppers?
People with dual-personality disorder?
People who think that ipods will enrich their toothbrushing experience?

8127972

Shoppers Drug Mart isn't a reseller (if you can call them that) that you should feel sorry for. Feel sorry the following instead (ranked in terms of how likely they are to be affected by an Apple store at the Eaton Center):

1. North Star
2. Creative Technologies
3. Computer Systems Center
4. CPUsed
5. Carbon Computing

All of these guys are full line Apple dealers and are going to be affected way more than a nation wide drug store chain that sells iPods. It doesn't help that they're right in the line of fire so to speak. After all, the Apple stores have a history of pretty much killing off anything in their path. I submit the following links for your reading pleasure:

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=11149
http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=15864

I for one spend a fair amount of cash at Carbon (both personally and professionally) and would hate to see them affected by an Apple store. I don't think they'll go out of business or anything, but I can't see how they wouldn't be hurt in some way. Besides, I would much rather buy stuff for the company I work for at an Independent reseller. My fear is that that may not be an option if Apple stores start to pop up all over.

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gmark2000

Meh. No flagship store for Canada's largest city and media/communications center.

Just another crowded 4,000 sq ft store with no theatre like Yorkdale.

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Jet_Star

I was there on sunday evening at close and that space was still blank white. I guess they must have put it up after closing time.

That will be a very convenient location for me, just a 5 min streetcar ride east across queen from my work. Now I know where I'll be spending my lunch hour

trump

gah, it's official...Apple Retail are idiots. If you found Yorkdale crowded and busy (which it is) just wait till this baby opens.....

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Sayhey

If it's any consolation, I seriously doubt Apple retail is finished with Toronto with these two mall locations. There are just too many people in the Toronto area to be serviced by two stores. Cities of similar size in the States are opening their fifth store and more soon. Apple has also opened multiple stores in London and Tokyo with more in both cities rumored soon. Anyway, I wouldn't give up hope on more and bigger locations.