Philip Elmer-Dewitt pointed out an interesting "survey" conducted by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster this past Black Friday that compared sales at the Apple store in the Mall of America to sales of the Microsoft store directly across the hall. Given the wild popularity of Apple products, the following stats might not surprise many people:
The Microsoft store had 47% less foot-traffic than the Apple store.
Shoppers bought 17.2 items per hour at the Apple store versus 3.5 items per hour at the Microsoft s
