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Microsoft to Open Chain of Retail Stores
Topics:Technology | Information Technology
Sectors:Software and Computer Services | Software | Technology
Companies:Dreamworks Animation SKG, Inc. | Apple Inc | Microsoft Corp
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Microsoft announced plans Thursday to open its own chain of stores and hired a DreamWorks Animation executive to run them.
Mark Lennihan / AP
The move follows rival Apple's [AAPL
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The company did not say how many stores it was looking to open, or when, or which products would be available.
That is to be decided by David Porter, a former DreamWorks Animation [DWA
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