Microsoft Store coming to Seattle’s University Village
Guess who's coming to University Village: Microsoft.
View ArticleMicrosoft confirms new retail store in Costa Mesa, Calif.
Microsoft this week confirmed its next retail store will be in Costa Mesa, Calif., a beach town south of Los Angeles. The company declined to give any timing details other than "this spring," in a...
View ArticleEighth Microsoft Store opening Thursday in Costa Mesa
The Microsoft Store at Bellevue Square, which opened Nov. 18, was the company’s seventh retail shop. That’s nothing compared to Apple’s 300-plus shops, but Microsoft is working its way into strategic...
View ArticleNinth Microsoft Store to open in Atlanta (Journal-Constitution)
Microsoft has confirmed that its next retail store will be at Lenox Mall in Atlanta, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Like the other eight (well, only seven are open) Microsoft Stores, the...
View ArticleNordstrom installs Kinect sensor for interactive window display
At Nordstrom’s flagship store in downtown Seattle (500 Pine St.), passersby are encouraged, “please do touch the glass.” That’s because hidden inside a certain window display is a Kinect sensor for...
View ArticleBallmer, Turner want more Microsoft Stores, but risks are high (Business...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and COO Kevin Turner want to open more Microsoft Stores – perhaps surpassing Apple’s 300-plus retail locations – but the risks are high, Business Insider reports. The...
View ArticleHouston to get 10th Microsoft Store; Los Angeles, New York, Orlando next?
Microsoft will open its 10th retail store in Houston this summer, the company confirmed, and seems to be planning another shop in or around Los Angeles, according to a Microsoft job posting. That’s in...
View ArticleCharge: Microsoft employee shoplifted $1,000s in software from company store
Seattlepi.com’s Levi Pulkkinen reports: “Felony theft charges have been filed against an employee at the Microsoft Corp. company store accused of stealing and reselling thousands of dollars worth of...
View ArticleOne designer’s grand vision for a Microsoft superstore to rival Apple’s NYC shop
Now that Microsoft is opening retail shops around the U.S., it needs a flagship store to rival Apple’s in New York City. Or, at least, so thinks advertising agency JWT, which presented a grandiose...
View ArticleApple’s giant new location to cast shadow over Microsoft Store
Back in November, Microsoft moved into Bellevue Square with its first local retail shop (other than the company store in Redmond). It’s three doors down from a much smaller Apple Store. That’s about to...
View ArticleMicrosoft to expand retail with at least 75 more stores
Microsoft plans to open 75 more retail stores within the next two to three years, a top executive said today, confirming an aggressive strategy for competition with Apple Stores. Kevin Turner,...
View ArticleUniversity Village Microsoft Store opening this fall
Microsoft today confirmed that the forthcoming Microsoft Store at Seattle’s University Village mall will open this fall. The store will be the 12th Microsoft Store to open, provided Microsoft doesn’t...
View ArticleBlack Keys to perform at University Village Microsoft Store opening
Rock duo The Black Keys will perform for the grand opening of the Microsoft Store at Seattle’s University Village, the software company announced today. Located across the parking lot from an Apple...
View ArticleSeattle man gets Microsoft, others to cut ties with anti-gay organizations
A Seattle man has led an online fight against Microsoft, Apple and other companies that had indirect ties to anti-gay organizations via an Internet marketer, The New York Times reports. In July, Stuart...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Microsoft store opens at University Village
Thursday morning Microsoft opened the doors to its first retail store in the Seattle city limits. The 12th store in the retail chain opened at University Village, opposite the Apple Store —which was...
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