FY 18 Q2 Results
Apple hat am gestrigen Abend die Zahlen für das zweite Quartal im Geschäftsjahr 2018 veröffentlicht, d.h. für den Zeitraum Januar bis März 2018, und während der Konferenzschaltung ein paar wenige—und bedauerlicherweise keine neuen—Aussagen über die Retail Stores getroffen.
Aus dem Webcast des Conference Calls vom 1. Mai lässt sich der relevante Absatz wie folgt zusammenfassen: "We had a great performance from our retail and online stores, which produced their highest March quarter revenue ever. Year over year growth was led by iPhone as well as strong performance from AirPods and the introduction of HomePod. Our store hosted more than 250.000 of our very popular Today at Apple sessions, with a particular emphasis on coding and app design. During the quarter we opened beautiful new stores in South Korea and in Austria, our first in both countries, and three weeks ago we opened our newest store in Tokyo, bringing us to 502 stores across the world today." — Luca Maestri, SVP Chief Financial Officer.