Neowin News Feed for: Stores

20% of UK stores predicted to close in next five years, thanks to the web

Andy Weir — Wed, 29 May 2013 08:40:56 +0100

The growth in online shopping will be a disaster for physical stores, says the UK's Centre for Retail Research, which predicts that 20% will close by 2018, as shoppers increasingly turn to the web. Read more...

Google has "no plans" to open retail stores

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:00:00 +0000

Andy Rubin, the head of Android, has said Google has "no plans" to open Google retail stores; an odd decision when Apple's stores are generating more money per square foot than Tiffany & Co.'s. Read more...

All Microsoft Stores will stock Windows Phone 8 hardware

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:55:01 +0000

Microsoft evangelist Paul Thurrott has tweeted that Microsoft stores across the US will stock all Windows Phone 8 handsets that are due to be available in the US. Read more...

Microsoft: Surface to be sold in 500 Suning stores in China

John Callaham — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:01:01 +0100

Microsoft has confirmed to Neowin it will be working with Chinese retailer Suning to sell its Windows RT-based Surface tablet in 500 of Suning's stores in mainland China and Hong Kong. Read more...

Microsoft unveils location of 75 new retail stores on a map

Brad Sams — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:50:20 +0100

Microsoft has learned a lot from opening up its retail shops. The company has seen the value in the stores that it has opened and because of that, they are going to be expanding aggressively. Announced... Read more...

Everything Everywhere to open retail stores

Ross Dundas — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:52:48 +0000

Everything Everywhere, the new name for the merged T-mobile and Orange brands in the UK, is to launch its first test retail outlet in Altrincham near Manchester on the 18th February, according to Channel Register.... Read more...

Nearly 50% of video game purchases are done online

Brandon Boyce — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:45:27 +0100

According to the PC Games Digital Downloads report from The NPD Group, a market research company, digital downloads make up 47.5% of all full game purchases. Based on all of the data reported in 2009,... Read more...

Best Buy opening UK stores

Austin Davies — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:05:50 +0100

Best Buy has announced plans to open its first three electronics stores in the United Kingdom, according to The Best Buy Bulletin. The first will arrive during May, in Thurrock, Essex. The next two will... Read more...

Microsoft to open retail stores in Europe

Matthew Hopson — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:28:51 +0000

Microsoft stores, which will sell Xbox 360 games, hardware and PC titles, are to be opened in major European cities such as London, according to gaming site MCV. Neowin reported earlier this month that... Read more...

Microsoft to open retail stores

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:36:05 +0000

Microsoft has recently appointed David Porter Corporate Vice President of retail stores, who has 25 years experience with Wal-mart and 2 years with DreamWorks Animation in 2007. In a recent post on Neowin, a... Read more...

Wal-Mart ends test run for Linux-based computers in stores

Steven Parker — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:22:09 +0000

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Computers that run the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows didn't attract enough attention from Wal-Mart customers, and the chain has stopped selling them in stores, a spokeswoman said Monday. "This really wasn't... Read more...

Woolworths stores to stop selling HD DVD

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:26:05 +0000

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Woolworths has through its high street heft behind the Blu-ray Disc format. From March, it will no longer sell HD DVDs in its shops. The change will coincide with the release of Pixar's Ratatouille, but... Read more...

Unreal Tournament 3 for PS3 in stores December 11!

Todd Tanner — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:38:19 +0000

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Midway Games Inc. and Epic Games today announced that the PlayStation 3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 is scheduled to ship to retail outlets in North America on December 10th. It is expected to begin... Read more...

SimCity Societies now in stores also!

Todd Tanner — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:45:54 +0000

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Electronic Arts Inc. has shipped SimCity Societies™, the newest edition of the top selling PC franchise, SimCity™, to stores across North America, Asia, Australia and Europe today. A version of the game is also available... Read more...

Crysis now in stores worldwide!

Todd Tanner — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:41:06 +0000

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A day late, but important either way. Crytek's "next-gen" PC FPS masterpiece Crysis should now be in stores pretty much everywhere around the world - North America and Europe included. Here is the press release... Read more...

EA announces Skate shipping out to stores

Todd Tanner — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:02:01 +0100

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Get ready for all the fun, creativity and culture of skateboarding without the hours of practice, broken bones, and hospital visits. Electronic Arts Inc. announced today that SKATE for the Xbox 360™ video game and... Read more...

Apple confirms MySpace ban in retail stores

Slimy — Fri, 25 May 2007 23:14:26 +0100

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A new Apple regulation states you can no longer access MySpace.com on any of the Macs on display in the 5th Avenue Apple Store in New York City. When an attempt is made to load... Read more...

Forza 2 has gone gold - in stores May 29

Todd Tanner — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:47:35 +0100

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Hot on the wheels of the Forza 2 demo earlier today (get it, wheels?!?) comes the annoucement that Forza Motorsport 2 has gone gold. Here is the press release: Microsoft Game Studios today announced that... Read more...

Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra Hits Stores Ahead of Schedule

Slimy — Wed, 09 May 2007 03:12:47 +0100

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Nvidia Corporation's latest high-end offering, the GeForce 8800 Ultra, has become available in Japan and the USA, about a week ahead of the original schedule. BFG Technologies and EVGA are offering the card in... Read more...

Gateway to Put Quad-core Desktops in Stores

Slimy — Wed, 02 May 2007 03:05:36 +0100

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Gateway will be one of the first PC makers to put quad-core desktops on retail shelves and has already announced deals with Best Buy, Circuit City Stores and CompUSA to sell its FX series (starting... Read more...