The Loop is reporting that Microsoft is offering Apple retail store managers “substantially increased” salaries, and in some cases paid moving expenses to leave Apple and work at Microsoft’s retail stores, which are expected to open their doors soon. People that have spoken to The Loop on condition of anonymity confirm that Microsoft has contacted […]
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Microsoft Luring Apple Retail Employees?

Sep 22nd 2009 by

Look, they even tried to copy Apple's retail store wood selection.

The Loop is reporting that Microsoft is offering Apple retail store managers “substantially increased” salaries, and in some cases paid moving expenses to leave Apple and work at Microsoft’s retail stores, which are expected to open their doors soon.

People that have spoken to The Loop on condition of anonymity confirm that Microsoft has contacted a number of Apple’s retail store managers to work in their stores. In addition to “significant raises,” the managers have also been offered moving expenses in some cases.

The handful of managers Microsoft has hired away from Apple, have been tasked with hiring as many other Apple retail employees as possible.
As you may know, Microsoft is preparing to open several retail stores near Apple stores, to directly compete with Apple’s growing computer market presence.
This sounds about right. Microsoft will just throw money at the problem, and hope it takes care of itself. That seems to be their business strategy for everything.

Also, does anyone actually know what they are going to sell in these stores? It’s difficult to sell software as a stand alone product, and Microsoft makes no money from PC hardware sales.

So what’s left? Xbox and Zune? Hardly seems worth opening a series of retail stores for just those products.

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