A c|net article discusses the presence of Apple’s retail stores and their impact on local Mac dealers, weighing the positive (increased numbers of Mac users and, in some cases, service contracts) with the negative (a reduction in retail sales). Although, as Don Mayer, CEO of Mac reseller Small Dog Electronics points out, there are so many factors in the market right now that for a dealer to blame a reduction in sales on a nearby Apple retail location may not be fair.
