Last month, Microsoft announced plans to open a number of Holiday Stores in a number of Canadian and U.S. cities in time for the holiday season. In Canada, four such stores were announced: In Burnaby (Metropolis at Metrotown), Edmonton (West Edmonton Mall), Toronto (Eaton Centre), and Vancouver (Oakridge Centre). Microsoft has now confirmed that these pop-up stores will open on October 26th, the day that Windows 8 and the Surface RT tablets launch. Not surprisingly, they will carry both: “We can’t wait for you to take home Surface. You’ll find it and a curated selection of the latest Microsoft products at any of our Holiday Stores.”
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Canada’s first permanent Microsoft store will open just a bit later on November 16th at the Yorkdale Mall in Toronto.
A total of 28 Microsoft Holiday Stores are also planned for the U.S.
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