Apple Inc. have had significant influence over other consumer electronics retailers, who have lost traffic, control and profits due to a perceived higher quality of service and products at Apple Stores. Apple's notable brand loyalty among consumers causes long lines of hundreds of people at new Apple Store openings or product releases. Due to the popularity of the brand, Apple receives a large number of job applications, many of which come from young workers. Although Apple Store employees receive above-average pay, are offered money toward education and health care, and receive product discounts, there are limited or no paths of career advancement.
Apple Inc. litigation 2012. In June 2009, a group of consumers filed the class action suits "Owens v. Apple, Inc." and "Johnson v. Apple Inc." against Apple on behalf of American individuals who purchased iTunes gift cards and who were then unable to use the cards to purchase iTunes music at the price advertised on the card because Apple raised the price of the music after it sold the cards to consumers. The "Johnson" case absorbed the "Owens" case and was settled on February 10, 2012, with payments to be made to consumers by Apple. The "Owens" complaint alleged that Apple wrongfully marketed,