Didn't Apple have stores a long time ago too? I vaguely recall going to one 25 or so years ago. It wasn't like the beautiful ones we see now, but more just like a typical strip mall computer store, but all Apple stuff.
There have always been third-party Apple-centric stores. SmallDog in VT, TekServe in NYC -- they still exist. Could it have just been an Apple authorized retailer?
Before Apple stores, you could go to CompUSA, and there was an Apple section staffed with Apple employees -- they even existed before the Apple stores became more ubiquitous.
