On the Racked: UWS Apple Core Showing, Shops Back on Eighth Ave., Buffalo Exchange in East Village, More

And now the latest from Racked, covering shopping and retail from the sidewalks up.

1) UWS: Behold the core of the city's newest Apple store at 67th and Broadway. A few more months and we've got a glass staircase and a genius bar.

2) West Village: Steven Alan, Soapology and Sergio Davila, a menswear designer whose aesthetic toes the line between Chuck Bass of Gossip Girl and the polished, grown-up version of Ashton Kutcher, are all back Eighth Avenue at 13th.

3) Bowery: 169 Bowery is getting a Reebok pop-up shop next weekend for the holidays. It used to be the site of a vaudeville house Miner's Theater, which some claim was where the concept of "Get the hook!" was invented.

4) East Village: Manhattan's first Buffalo Exchange is opening on November 22 at 332 E. 11th Street between First and Second Avenue. No need to take the L to Williamsburg for this one anymore.

5) Park Slope: The new Beacon's Closet on Fifth Avenue (replacing the old one) is now open. Check it out.