Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Corporation said it will close nearly all of its stores, The Independent UK has reported on Friday.
The report stated that Microsoft, in a statement, said its physical stores that are based across the world will be shut and the staff who worked in them will instead work either remotely or in Microsoft’s corporate facilities.
It also said it will keep four of its stores open, in London, New York, Sydney and its home base of Redmond near Seattle. But that they will be “reimagined”.
The company’s sales were increasingly moving online, across its various businesses, which includes the Xbox as well as Windows and hardware, it stated.
The report added that it did not reference the coronavirus pandemic or resulting lockdowns in its announcement, though praised its retail employees for their work during the “extraordinary” past few months.