Microsoft Launching Five New U.S. Retail Stores by Summer
Total of 11 new stores planned for North America during 2013.
Further showcasing its commitment to retail investment, Microsoft has announced its launching five new retail stores by the summer.
The locations where Microsoft will set up the new stores are:
- Natick Mall, Natick, Massachusetts
- Ala Moana Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Pioneer Place, Portland, Oregon
- The Somerset Collection, Troy, Michigan
- Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg, Illinois
Microsoft previously announced that it'll be opening six new U.S. stores based in San Antonio, Miami, Beachwood, San Francisco, Salt Lake City and St. Louis. Twenty-nine stores are already operating in North America. In 2011, the software giant said it planned to open 75 new retail stores over a two- to three-year period.
"Our customers continue to tell us that they value our stores for connecting them to the best of Microsoft," the firm said. "This delights us to no end. From the newest touchscreen laptops, desktops, and tablets running Windows 8, to Windows Phones, to Xbox and Kinect consoles and accessories, to a wide array of first- and third-party software titles, our goal is to introduce you to the best choice, value and service we have to offer."

Been to one, its a clone of the Apple store.
Microsoft store has decent traffic, Apple store has more.
Apple store from my anecdotal evidence and looking at sales figures for products and extrapolating them to their stores thrashes Microsoft Stores.
All I see is a big open room, with tons of sales associates. I know the second I walk in I'm going to be harassed by annoying sales people. No Thanks
Apple Store are one of the highest dollar revenue for square footage retail stores in all of America. That's why they're trying to copy it
There is very little the FED doesn't have it's hands in these days.
Personally, I would be more worried about the electronics from China spying for the motherland than the FED looking at people. Given that most electronics are now made in China from a consumer standpoint, it's a valid reason in my book.
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