Corporation Microsoft closes most of its branded retail stores forever. This publication reports The verge. During the coronavirus pandemic, management decided to reorganize the business and focus on online product sales. This segment has grown steadily in recent years.
The physical points of sale of the Microsoft Store stopped working with the start of the COVID-19 flash. Now, employees of all stores, except the flagship centers located in New York, Redmond, London and Sydney, have been informed that they will no longer return to retail. Instead, they were offered jobs at Microsoft online stores.
“Up to 1.2 billion customers visit 190 markets around the world every month on Microsoft.com and in Xbox and Windows digital stores,” the report said.
Microsoft launched the Microsoft Store retail chain in 2009. They featured its hardware products, such as Microsoft Surface and Xbox consoles, third-party Windows-based PCs, and service subscriptions. Microsoft regularly arranged various events in its stores and carried out repairs.
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