Above: Microsoft Store Fifth Avenue (Rendering)
Image Credit: Microsoft
Microsoft is today opening
its brand new flagship retail store in New York. The outlet will
replace its Fendi store at 677 Fifth Avenue, and is located just along
from Apple’s famous cube store on the same street.
The retail store is one of Microsoft’s 110+ outlets across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico, but the New York store is its first two-story incarnation and is the company’s largest in the world.
The store, as you’d expect, is designed to showcase Microsoft’s
software services, such as Office, and hardware — including its new Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book, Lumia phones, Xbox One, and Microsoft Band devices. If you’re looking to catch a glimpse of the 84-inch, 4K Surface Hub display, well, Fifth Avenue is the only location you’ll be able to do so.
The store also sports an “Answer Desk” which provides support for PCs and phones — irrespective of where you acquired the device.
“One of our goals, since we started the stores in 2009, was to have a real marquee location where we could bring an expanded retail presence,” explained Kelly Soligon, general manager, Worldwide Marketing, Microsoft Retail and Online Stores. “Frequently, we’re asked by customers, ‘When are you coming to my city?’ and New York has been one of the top requests. Waiting for that perfect real estate location, which we were able to secure last year, and building out the right footprint, is super exciting for us.”
The flagship Fifth Avenue store opens at 12pm local time today.
The retail store is one of Microsoft’s 110+ outlets across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico, but the New York store is its first two-story incarnation and is the company’s largest in the world.
Above: Microsoft Store: Fifth Avenue
Above: Microsoft Store: Fifth Avenue
Above: Microsoft Store: Fifth Avenue
The store also sports an “Answer Desk” which provides support for PCs and phones — irrespective of where you acquired the device.
“One of our goals, since we started the stores in 2009, was to have a real marquee location where we could bring an expanded retail presence,” explained Kelly Soligon, general manager, Worldwide Marketing, Microsoft Retail and Online Stores. “Frequently, we’re asked by customers, ‘When are you coming to my city?’ and New York has been one of the top requests. Waiting for that perfect real estate location, which we were able to secure last year, and building out the right footprint, is super exciting for us.”
The flagship Fifth Avenue store opens at 12pm local time today.
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