Apple is capturing 75% of profits, and sees the stores as instrumental to that. Every other company seems to see retail as an additional cost. Apple started wi

Apple is capturing 75% of profits, and sees the stores as instrumental to that. Every other company seems to see retail as an additional cost. Apple started with kiosks inside of Best Buy, too, and it took many years before their stores reached the level of ubiquity they have today. Any competitor trying to make the same level of investment would lead to Apple's share of profits inching closer to 100%, as their competitors would be spending a ton on retail buildouts. Apple makes more per square foot of retail than anyone else[0]. It's not even really close. Each of the other companies you've mentioned has opened stores, albeit not on the same scale. None of them have seen anything like similar results, so why would they keep expanding to match scale? Apple Stores are valuable because Apple products are valuable. Apple products are valuable in part because Apple Stores are valuable. It's a virtuous circle that doesn't work for any of their competitors, at least not any so far. 0. https://news.retailsphere.com/how-apple-became-the-worlds-highest-grossing-retailer-per-square-foot https://news.retailsphere.com/how-apple-became-the-worlds-hi...