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Microsoft is following Apple's lead by opening its own retail stores.
The software giant has named David Porter as corporate vice president of retail stores, whose first order of business will be to define locations, time frames, and specifics for a series of Microsoft-branded retail stores. Porter was head of worldwide product distribution for DreamWorks Animation SKG and starts work at Microsoft next Monday.
This is a major departure for Microsoft, which has relied on high-street retailers to pump out PCs, Windows, Zunes, and copies of Office to consumers. But in recent months, Microsoft has seen the lights go out on one high-street retailer after another.
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March 2010
