>Apple has 26k employees in retail: http://www.apple.com/about/job-creation/ http://www.apple.com/about/job-creation/ Not that it matters a whole lot, but, as

>Apple has 26k employees in retail: http://www.apple.com/about/job-creation/ http://www.apple.com/about/job-creation/ Not that it matters a whole lot, but, as the website says that's just the US number. The total number of employees in retail according to Apple's last 10-K filing in October 2012 ( http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/AAPL/2393147114x0xS1193125-12-444068/320193/filing.pdf http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/AAPL/2393147114x0xS11... ) was 42,400. " Employees As of September 29, 2012, the Company had approximately 72,800 full-time equivalent employees and an additional 3,300 full-time equivalent temporary employees and contractors. Approximately 42,400 of the total full-time equivalent employees worked in the Company’s Retail segment. "