What’s in store for Microsoft’s US pop-up shops? Not much, they’re being closed

Microsoft has quietly swung the axe on a chunk of its retail operation, with “speciality stores” in America bearing the brunt of the blade. All 17 of Microsoft’s kiosk-sized stores were removed from the company’s website over the weekend, leaving some of the US states that had at least enjoyed a stub of retail presence from the Windows giant bereft of the limited line-up of stock available at the outlets.