A visit to the Microsoft Store can be a very fun experience. If you're like me, playing with laptops, tablets and Xbox is like going to an amusement park. Unfortunately, the closest Microsoft store to my home is about an hour away at a mall. This means I cannot go as often as I want. If you think an hour commute is bad, however, imagine the poor people of Australia -- they have to board an airplane to visit one!
Luckily for the Australian people, this will soon change. You see, a Microsoft Store is opening in Australia for the first time ever. In other words, Microsoft is going Down Under.
"I'm proud to announce that Sydney has been chosen as the home for the first Microsoft flagship store outside of North America. The store will be located at Westfield Sydney on Pitt Street Mall and will give customers the same outstanding choice, value and service as our stores overseas and online. It will provide an opportunity to experience the best of Microsoft products like Windows PCs, Surface devices, Windows Phones, Xbox One, Office and more in an innovative and vibrant setting", says Pip Marlow, Managing Director, Microsoft Australia.
Marlow further explains, "this is a significant development for our business locally as well as globally and is the latest in a series of Microsoft investments in Australia -- last October we opened our Microsoft Australia Azure Geos and just a few weeks ago we bought Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online to our local data centres. We also recently opened another Microsoft Innovation Centre in South Australia and we continue to support Australia’s not-for-profit community by giving A$50 million in software donations last year alone".
Whether or not Australians have been clamoring for a Microsoft Store is inconsequential -- they will have one soon. Sydney in particular is a very beautiful and modern city; the citizens should see great value in having a Microsoft Store. Having the ability to touch and see a product before buying can be a wonderful experience.
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