Tag: MICROSOFT-STORE

After months of planning, Microsoft officially opened its first bricks and mortar retail store today in Scottsdale, Arizona. The store launch comes on a day when Microsoft launched its next-generation Windows 7 operating system, and began selling PCs through its online store. Microsoft will obviously be using its retail stores to sell software, but also Microsoft hardware including the Xbox ...

Microsoft is expected to launch a chain of retail stores in the not-too-distant future. If I had to guess, I'd say the stores will probably look like a software-heavy cross between a Best Buy and an Apple store. But the folks at Gizmodo got their hands on a leaked PowerPoint presentation that includes a number of concept designs for the store. Some of these concepts may eventually be included in ...

Microsoft is preparing to launch a chain of retail stores. Apple has had its own stores for a while, but while Apple has a whole line of hardware and software products to sell, Microsoft is first and foremost a software company. Sure, Microsoft could fill store shelves with Zune portable media players and Xbox 360 video game consoles. But it sounds like Microsoft will work out partnerships with ...

Microsoft has launched a new online store, cleverly titled the Microsoft Store. I know, who woulda thunk? The fact that Microsoft is selling software like Windows Vista and Office 2007 as well as hardware like the Xbox 360 isn't particularly surprising. But what is new is the fact that Microsoft is offering customers the option of purchasing physical media like CDs and DVDs or downloadable ...