Pingie: HTTP:: Apple Closes Store for Renovation as Microsoft Opens One Next Door

HTTP:: Apple Closes Store for Renovation as Microsoft Opens One Next Door
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While Microsoft is planning to open one of its first retail stores inside the Mission Viejo development (California), Apple has closed down its own store on that location for renovation. Reports say the move appears to be a “preemptive strike,” although it may also be just a coincidence, going by other sources. AppleInsider has learned that, “Microsoft intends to open its first two brick-and-mortar stores this fall, with one of them to be located inside The Shops at Mission Viejo. That same site already houses an Apple Store,” while a reader confirms that, “The company has closed its existing location for renovations.” Providing pictures of the closed store, the reader tells AppleInsider that it’s been closed since Monday, Sept. 14. The location, now boarded off, tells visitors, “Coming soon. The all-new Apple Store,” according to the imagery. “Whether the renovations are a direct response to Microsoft's own upcoming store, or merely a coincidence is u!
nclear,” the report adds. Although it doesn’t intend to, ifoAppleStore appears to answer this question. “Faced with a world-wide economic downturn and the risk of fewer shoppers, Apple converted its retail store roll-out plans in the United States...
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