Microsoft Store Set to Open at Mall of America

Microsoft's retail store at the Mall of America in Minnesota, which was announced earlier this fall, will open next month, directly across from an Apple store location.

According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Microsoft store will open Nov. 6 and takes up 8,600 total square feet.

Microsoft, in opening its first retail stores to compete with Apple, has been going out of its way to put the stores near Apple retail locations, and the mall location represents the closest proximity yet between the two chains.