Mac OS Ken: 08.18.2016

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2016

⏱️ 13 minutes

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- Target Cites Slow Sales of Apple Kit in Missed Expectations - AT&T Adjusts Mobile Plans Ahead of Next iPhones - Apple Pay Hits 37 More US Banks and Credit Unions - Apple Pay Hitting Chick-fil-A on Friday - WSJ: Apple Stuck in the Middle in the Middle Kingdom - Apple Pay Sees Expanded Support in Hong Kong - iTunes Carrier Billing Hits Growth Spurt - Apple Director of Reliability Engineering Leaves for Tesla - Spotify Aims for Education with Reworked "Kids and Family" Category - Spotify Launches First Documentary - Apple Music Plans Cash Money Documentary - Get your guard up with ProXPN - Save with Offer Code osken at - Have you subscribed to EYE Chart Radio Yet? You should! ! - Power Mac OS Ken through Patreon at ! - Send me an email: or call (716)780-4080!

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0:12.0	Target puts apple in the crosshairs, news of expansion for Apple pay, and stuck in the middle in the middle kingdom.
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1:00.0	Target had a few problems last quarter and the retailer says slow sales of Apple gear were among the biggest. The chain carries iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple Watch.
1:05.0	Apple Insider had Target saying on its quarterly earnings call Wednesday night that Apple sales at their stores dropped 20 percent,
1:12.0	calling it one of the major reasons for missing earnings guidance
1:15.0	and forcing a revision for the next quarter as well. Target CEO Brian Cornell
1:20.5	told analysts that his company is working with Apple to juice sales in Target stores.
1:26.0	That information was followed up with no specific plans.
1:30.8	Dyer as the Apple drop sounds, there are a few things to note. The piece has
1:34.7	target was also affected by poor consumer response to the target pharmacy
1:38.6	migration to CVS ownership, also having negative impacts were a drop in sales of groceries, and the same
1:45.1	challenging retail market noted by Apple in its most recent earnings report.
1:50.1	While Target wonders what it can do to spur sales of Apple gear and groceries and
1:55.6	pharmaceuticals and everything else, AT&T appears to be getting ready for
2:01.0	Apple's next big thing.
2:03.0	9-to-5 Max says the Death Star has modified its mobile plans in an apparent attempt to attract
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