Apple ’s financialslooked pretty spectacularthis twenty-five percent , with a total profit in surplus of $ 1.2 billion despite the sick thriftiness . They also exceeded expectations for iPod and iPhone sales , laptop computer sales , and layoff . expect , what ?
CNET reports , via anSEC filing , that Apple has cut down back their full - time retail hands by a full 1600 employees — from 15600 to 14000 — in the last stern alone , during which they only open one new retail outlet .
The printing press narrative so far this year has been that Apple has bucked the recession , outperforming the industry and belittle an inevitable sales slowdown after animpressive Q1 . And this narrative give : Apple has done well on paper while its rival have n’t . It ’s just , now we sort of acknowledge how . [ CNET ] [ Note : Some have suggested that some employees have scaled back their hours and been subtracted from the “ full - meter ” figure . This is plausible , but either way it ’s a pretty rough cutback . ]
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