Updated Apri 25, 2017: Angela Ahrendts, head of Apple Store, announced [CBS This Morning[() that the Apple Union Square model, complete with Genius Grove and Apple Today, will be coming to many other major Apple locations soon.
In 100 of its biggest stores, like the San Francisco flagship, Apple`s `hardware` update means new screens and spaces for meetings and classes. The Genius Bar, now lined with trees, becomes the Genius Grove. And there`s a more dimensional take on the Genius: new staffers specialized in music and photography called `Creative Pros.`
[The] `software` will roll out across Apple`s nearly 500 stores, many of which will be changed literally overnight. Ahrendts calls it all an effort to create `town squares` where customers engage with their devices and their communities.
You can see the full interview at CBS, linked above, and keep reading for our detailed walk-through of Apple Union Square — the prototype for this next big generation of Apple S...
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