{"id":497,"date":"2006-07-27T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-27T08:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwilson.me.uk\/blog\/2006\/07\/apple-stores-inside-tesco-not-marriage.htm"},"modified":"2007-03-09T11:45:29","modified_gmt":"2007-03-09T11:45:29","slug":"apple-stores-inside-tesco-not-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/07\/apple-stores-inside-tesco-not-marriage.htm","title":{"rendered":"Apple Stores inside Tesco&#8230; not a marriage made in heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--115399224469673496--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macnn.com\/articles\/06\/01\/25\/apple.in.the.grocery.store\/\">My local Tesco contains an Apple Store<\/a> as a proof of concept with potential to be rolled out nationwide. I just called with a sales enquiry and this is an approximate transcript of the conversation:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tesco Customer Service:<\/strong> &#8220;Hello, Tesco Kingston &#8211; how can I help you?&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Me:<\/strong> &#8220;Hello, I understand you have a dedicated Apple Store within the store.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Tesco Customer Service:<\/strong> &#8220;Yes sir, we do. Would you like to speak to someone there?&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Me:<\/strong> &#8220;Yes please.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(&#8230; short wait &#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tesco Electrical Department:<\/strong> &#8220;Electrical.&#8221; (imagine <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estuary_English\">estuary English<\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/comedy\/guide\/articles\/c\/catherinetateshow_999040216.shtml\">am I bovvered<\/a>&#8221; accent)<br \/>\n<strong>Me:<\/strong> &#8220;Hello, I understand that you have an Apple Store &#8211; please can you tell me is that just for new sales or is do you offer upgrades?&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Tesco Electrical Department:<\/strong> &#8220;Upgrades &#8211; what is that? [like]&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Me:<\/strong> &#8220;Can I speak to someone in the Apple Store please?&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Tesco Electrical Department:<\/strong> &#8220;There&#8217;s no-one here from that section &#8211; what did you want to know?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Luckily, after I was insistent that I wanted to speak to someone in the Apple Store, they suddenly became available and confirmed that they do not offer an upgrade service).<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at this proof of concept in a little more detail. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/uk\/\">Apple<\/a> is a brand with a tremendous image and huge customer loyalty (albeit with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/07\/week-when-my-digital-life-was-on-hold.htm\">less-than-brilliant technical support<\/a>) looking to gain an increased market presence. On the other hand, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tesco.com\/\">Tesco<\/a> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schnews.org.uk\/archive\/pdf\/news493.pdf\">known as a supermarket monopolist<\/a> (accounting for more than \u00c2\u00a31 in every \u00c2\u00a38 spent on the high street in the UK &#8211; hence the attraction for Apple) and (in my experience) also delivers shocking customer service. Not exactly a marriage made in heaven&#8230; at least not if Apple wants to retain its reputation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My local Tesco contains an Apple Store as a proof of concept with potential to be rolled out nationwide. 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