You'll notice something new if you visit Apple's website right now. Things might look the same at first glance, but a closer look reveals the absence of the "Store" tab. Apple has chosen to get rid of its separate online shop entirely -- "store.apple.com" doesn't exist anymore and redirects to the homepage if you load it. Instead, you'll find Buy buttons in each specific product page, and clicking them adds items to a unified shopping bag (yep, it's no longer a "cart" either) instead of forwarding you to the store subdomain like in the past.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/06/a...e-store-death/