Microsoft's concept apes Apple's Genius Bar, but the stores may have to tackle problems from all PC brands Microsoft today confirmed that plans for its upcoming retail stores, which leaked to a ...

Microsoft recently posted several job listings for its first two retail stores, which are set to open this fall in Mission Viejo, Calif. and Scottsdale, Ariz. These are mainly sales, customer service, ...

Microsoft's U.S. Small and Midmarket Solutions & Partners Group (SMS&P) has tapped OnForce, a Lexington, Mass.-based online services marketplace for IT professionals, to maintain lead distribution for ...

Microsoft’s upcoming retail stores won’t just be similar in concept to Apple’s — they’ll also be similar in location. Microsoft will open its retail stores near Apple’s existing locations, a company ...

Microsoft Corp.’s decision to open retail stores is a calculated risk that will likely prove a more challenging endeavor than Apple Inc.’s move into retail eight years ago. Microsoft said quietly last ...

One of the biggest questions about the recently proposed Microsoft retail stores is what they will look like and what they will sell. The challenge for the software giant is how to sell its most ...

It may be telling that when Apple decided to get into retail stores, it hired the vice president of merchandising from Target to run them. Why do Apple stores look so much like Gap stores? Could it be ...

When Microsoft last June announced plans to permanently close its retail stores, the company said that it would avoid layoffs by letting employees transition to online sales, training, and support ...

It has been about a year since Microsoft closed its retail stores because of the pandemic. It later announced plans to keep them closed permanently and transition to online sales. The change created a ...

The relationship between Microsoft Retail Media, a division of Microsoft Advertising, and Mood Media company Vibenomics might seem complicated, but it is not. It is actually as simple as it can be for ...

Microsoft opened its first retail store at a mall in Scottsdale, Ariz, Thursday. The opening coincided with the launch of Microsoft's latest operating system Windows 7. Apple has more than 200 retail ...