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When we were on our honeymood in NYC last November, I made the pilgrimage to the 5th Avenue store. I used to think the Cincinnati Apple Store was busy, it's certainly busy compared to other stores in the mall. Indeed, the Sony store looks like a ghost town in the same mall. But I was not ready for the throngs of people in this store.

What he says about the Cincinnati store rings true here in Columbia, Maryland as well - the rest of the mall might look empty, but the Apple store is always buzzing. A couple trips ago when I visited the Pentagon City store, I saw the same thing - the mall was busy, but the Apple store was hopping. A little over a year ago, I saw the same thing in the (very large) London (UK) store: absolutely packed. They may have been intended to be loss leaders at some point, but they sure don't look like that now...

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