An update on Airshow, the state of Apple retail, and beginning dialogue on the open question of what is Google’s greatest weakness
Apple retail revenues per visitor reach new record
May 20, ’13
12:32 PM
In the US, on a sales per square foot basis, Apple retail continues to perform twice as well as Tiffany & Co., the second best retailer, and three times as well as lululemon athletica, the third best retailer.
The latest quarter showed a 7% growth in visitors and a new record revenue of $57.6 per visitor.
As a result, the average revenue per Apple store per quarter reached $13 million, the highest level for a non-holiday quarter.
Here are some additional metrics:
The allure of iTunes
May 14, ’13
11:04 AM
My estimate of last quarter’s iTunes gross revenues suggested a spending rate of $40 per iTunes account. It would make sense to consider how that figure changed over time. The following graph shows the pattern:
You can read each bar in the graph as the total “ARPU” or average revenue per iTunes user[1].
I overlaid a graph showing the total number of accounts as reported by Apple to the (retroactively) estimated revenue structure. Account totals are measured with the right axis and ARPU with the left. Note that I also broke down each component of iTunes as currently defined (Music, Video, Apps, Books, Software and Services.)[2]
The time frame covered is from Q2 2007, or the quarter prior to the iPhone launch. A few patterns emerge:
The Critical Path #84: Blessed Are the Apps
May 14, ’13
9:27 AM
A new theory of device-enabled presentations; the iTunes ARPU average revenue per user and its putative erosion; a definition of smart devices, the cycles of computing as a continuum.
iTunes users spending at the rate of $40/yr.
May 12, ’13
4:51 PM
In the latest quarter the iTunes top line grew by 32%. Additional newly reported items:
- Quarterly revenues topped $4 billion (a new high) and the company suggests that this rate is maintainable by stating it has a “$16 billion annual run rate”. The pattern of revenues is shown below.
- The content portion of iTunes revenues was $2.4 billion, up from $2.1 billion sequentially. Growth into Q1 is not unusual as many holiday iTunes gift cards are redeemed during January.
- Revenue growth has been surprisingly steady, averaging 29%/quarter for more than six years.
