Microsoft Is Closing All of Its Retail Stores

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Microsoft’s decade-long experiment with brick and mortar has come to an end. In a post regarding its “new approach to retail,” the company revealed that it would be shuttering all of its physical locations, both in the US (107) and overseas (10). While the flagship stores in London, NYC, Sydney, and Redmond won’t be demolished, they’ll be turned into “Experience Centers” that no longer sell products.



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[Nanobot]

Honestly didn't even know they had retail stores, lol.

 

[AntiQuark]

Same here, odd.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Honestly didn't even know they had retail stores, lol.

Me neither. Somebody really ought to put some marketing effort in these things.

turned into “Experience Centers” -I wonder if that means people will get an update as they walk in and then lose the ability to walk out on their own right after.

 

[Burticus]

Honestly didn't even know they had retail stores, lol.

I've only seen one ever, but I very rarely go into malls in the last decade+

 

[DrezKill]

I saw one at Tysons Corner Mall when I visited VA several years ago. I was like what tha fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

 

[Dan_D]

Honestly didn't even know they had retail stores, lol.

I had heard of them opening initially, but I didn't think any of them still existed.