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Definition: Microsoft store
(1) (online) The Microsoft Store is the company's online store for Windows applications, Xbox consoles and games, PCs and Surface hardware. Formerly Windows Store, in 2016, Microsoft merged its online stores into the Microsoft Store. It is also the successor to the Windows Marketplace site.
(2) (bricks and mortar) A Microsoft-owned retail outlet. The first stores opened in Scottsdale, Arizona and Mission Viejo, California in late 2009. As of 2020, there were more than a hundred stores in five countries. Demos and technical assistance were available, along with hands-on testing of PCs, smartphones, tablets, Xboxes, software and related products. In the summer of 2020, perhaps partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft announced all stores were closing permanently except for a handful in major cities that remain as "experience centers."
A Microsoft Store
(2) (bricks and mortar) A Microsoft-owned retail outlet. The first stores opened in Scottsdale, Arizona and Mission Viejo, California in late 2009. As of 2020, there were more than a hundred stores in five countries. Demos and technical assistance were available, along with hands-on testing of PCs, smartphones, tablets, Xboxes, software and related products. In the summer of 2020, perhaps partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft announced all stores were closing permanently except for a handful in major cities that remain as "experience centers."
This store in the Bridgewater Commons mall in New Jersey was one of Microsoft's retail outlets before it closed operations.