Microsoft launched its first store in 2009 in an effort to mimic Apple's success with its physical retail locations. This is also Microsoft's second big closure of the week, after the company ...

Microsoft on Friday announced to permanently close its 83 retail stores and will now focus on its online stores. Microsoft will continue to invest in its digital storefronts on Microsoft.com, and ...

The store will be located in the space that Tall’s Camera now occupies near the Apple retail store. Microsoft opened its first two retail stores last year in Scottsdale, Ariz. and Mission Viejo ...

"If someone goes into a Microsoft retail store looking to buy a product, and the Microsoft guy helps them find what they need, then they own that customer relationship," one source said.