Microsoft closes all its physical stores – update – IT Pro – News

Microsoft closes almost all of its physical stores. Most of them are located in shopping centers in the United States. The physical Microsoft Experience Centers in London, New York and Sydney, and those on its own campus in Redmond, will remain open.

Microsoft reported focus on online product sales and close all physical locations. The company does not give a reason, but probably the shops never became the success that the company hoped for. In any case, most stores had been closed since late March due to the new corona virus.

Outside the United States, Microsoft only has six physical stores. The Microsoft Experience Centers in London, New York and Sydney, and those on its own campus in Redmond, will remain open as a place to display new products but will stop selling. There are no Microsoft Stores in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France. In the US, most stores are located in shopping centers. Microsoft launched its Microsoft Store in 2009. The company demonstrates its Surface line and Xbox consoles there, offers a help desk and organizes workshops.

Update, 16.00: Article updated with information that all stores are closing and the Experience Centers remain open only for product demonstrations, such as Microsoft Insider Paul Thurrot meldt.

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