The first Windows store-within-a-store will kick off on August 7 at the West Los Angeles Best Buy store. August 7, 2013 5:47 AM PDT (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Best Buy customers in Los Angeles will be able to check out the new Windows Store starting today. The Best Buy in West LA will be the first BB oulet to provide a home for the new store-within-a-store focused on promoting and selling Microsoft products. The LA store will open at 10 a.m. PT on Wednesday, August 7, and try to lure customers with Windows 8 product demos, food, drinks, a live DJ, and special giveaways. Starting at 3 p.m., the first 200 customers to demo a Windows 8 device in the Windows Store will get a wristband for a chance to meet soccer stars Clint Mathis and Mauricio Cienfuegos, two tickets to an upcoming LA Galaxy game, and a free signed soccer ball. Mathis and Cienfuegos will also kick off an an appearance at the store from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Announced in June, the Best Buy Windows Store will offer a variety of Windows PCs and tablets, Windows Phone handsets, Xbox consoles, and Microsoft software. Taking up anywhere from 1,500 to 2,200 square feet, the stores are slated to pop up at 500 Best Buy outlets in the U.S. and 100 Best Buy and Future Shop stores in Canada. Best Buy also offers an online version of the Windows Store.
The first Windows store-within-a-store will kick off on August 7 at the West Los Angeles Best Buy store.
Best Buy customers in Los Angeles will be able to check out the new Windows Store starting today.
The Best Buy in West LA will be the first BB oulet to provide a home for the new store-within-a-store focused on promoting and selling Microsoft products. The LA store will open at 10 a.m. PT on Wednesday, August 7, and try to lure customers with Windows 8 product demos, food, drinks, a live DJ, and special giveaways.
Starting at 3 p.m., the first 200 customers to demo a Windows 8 device in the Windows Store will get a wristband for a chance to meet soccer stars Clint Mathis and Mauricio Cienfuegos, two tickets to an upcoming LA Galaxy game, and a free signed soccer ball. Mathis and Cienfuegos will also kick off an an appearance at the store from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Announced in June, the Best Buy Windows Store will offer a variety of Windows PCs and tablets, Windows Phone handsets, Xbox consoles, and Microsoft software. Taking up anywhere from 1,500 to 2,200 square feet, the stores are slated to pop up at 500 Best Buy outlets in the U.S. and 100 Best Buy and Future Shop stores in Canada.
Best Buy also offers an online version of the Windows Store.
