Apple is getting aggressive with its retail strategy, opening a new store on New York’s Upper West Side that weekend and planning 40 to 50 new stores in 2010. The first 2,500 visitors to the new store will receive a limited edition, commemorative T-shirt.

Apple’s latest Manhattan Apple Store is located at 67th Street, just minutes from Lincoln Center and Central Park. The store features an all-glass arched roof on the outside, and more Macs, iPods and iPhones

than any store in the world. The store showcases a 45-foot Genius Bar on the lower level for personal training and technical support.

“We opened our first store in Manhattan seven years ago, and the response has been incredible,” said Ron Johnson, Apple’s senior vice president of retail. “We hope our new store on the Upper West Side will become as much a part of the community as our stores in SoHo, […]

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