5/24/06 author: Mosley Following the lead of Dell's genius, Apple is removing all their products from their stores. This follows Dell's plans to open up Dell stores with no products available, only the sale from their website from within the store. All in one day the rest of New York City stores are following suit. Instead of marketing to people to buy from Dell's website from their own home, Dell wants people to take a cab, bus, train, car or walk to their store and use their web connection to buy their products with a Dell employee pushing them to say, "you need that". Apple is trucking out their inventory and even replaced the NYC stores genius with a kiosk that reads "contact us". The rest of NYC is in a mad scramble to get their products out of their stores, wondering how it took them all so long to see the light that Dell so cleverly found. A local grocery store has already cleared out all their merchandise and have replaced their cash registers and scanners with monitors to shop for your groceries to be delivered whenever they feel like it. This disturbing new trend has moved so quickly through New York City, all stores in America may be removing all their products and offering kiosks that connect to their respective websites. So now people can travel to their favorite stores and see their websites, one website at a time and miles apart. Thanks Dell, you're wicked smart. Prior: Apple to Nike to the Chia Pet