More Microsoft pop-up stores listed for Windows 8 launch and holiday period

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Microsoft has revealed the unabridged list of pop-upward stores (or holiday stores) it plans to open throughout North America this coming holiday season. Information technology's a positive sign to see Microsoft build a larger retail presence to combat its master competitor - Apple. 32 stores volition open shop in xx US states, too as shops in British Columbia, Toronto, and Alberta, Canada.

With the imminent release of Windows viii, coupled with new Office, Surface tablets and Windows Phone hardware, there'southward plenty of opportunity for Microsoft to build on its branding revamp to a more simplistic and modern feel. Information technology'south a common thought that Microsoft has almost become a new company to what consumers take grown accustomed to.

Here's the full list of popular-upwards stores that we'll be seeing in the near future:

Aventura Mall – Aventura, FL
Beachwood Place – Beachwood, OH
Blood-red Creek Shopping Eye – Denver, CO
Dadeland Mall – Miami, FL
Eaton Heart – Toronto, Ontario
Style Mall at Keystone – Indianapolis, IN
Manner Show Mall– Las Vegas, NV
Glendale Galleria – Glendale, CA
Mall at Dark-green Hills – Nashville, TN
Mall in Columbia – Columbia, MD
Urban center at Metrotown – Burnaby, BC
Montgomery Mall – Bethesda, Doc
Natick Collection – Natick, MA
Northward Star Mall – San Antonio, TX
Oakridge Centre – Vancouver, BC
Penn Foursquare Mall – Oklahoma City, OK
Perimeter Mall – Atlanta, GA
Roosevelt Field Mall – Garden, City, NY
Ross Park Mall – Pittsburgh, PA
Saint Louis Galleria – St. Louis, MO
San Francisco Middle – San Francisco, CA
South Shore Plaza – Braintree, MA
Southpark Mall – Charlotte, NC
Stonebriar Centre Mall – Frisco, TX
Streets at Southpoint – Durham, NC
Fourth dimension Warner Center – The Shops at Columbus Circle – New York, NY
Washington Square– Portland, OR
West Edmonton Mall – Edmonton, Alberta
Westfarms Mall – West Hartford, CT
Westfield Garden State Plaza – Paramus, NJ
Woodland Hills Mall – Tulsa, OK
Woodlands Mall – Woodlands, TX

Microsoft still hasn't supplied details and dates for when we can look to encounter these stores open their doors, though we'd guess for them to be ready by (or soon after) Windows 8'south release. We're still waiting for the showtime Microsoft Store here in the UK - as is anybody else who resides outside the states. Hither'southward hoping anyway, folks.

Source: The Verge