{"id":90582,"date":"1999-12-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/consumers-give-new-microsoft-store-a-miss-but-they-are-flocking-to-apple\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:00:00","slug":"consumers-give-new-microsoft-store-a-miss-but-they-are-flocking-to-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/consumers-give-new-microsoft-store-a-miss-but-they-are-flocking-to-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumers Give New Microsoft Store A Miss But They Are Flocking To Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten days ago it was a massive rent a crowd that was flocking into the new Microsoft store in Sydney, lured by free goodies and concert tickets.<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;\">Now the rent a crowd has gone and Microsoft staff are left to talk to themselves as real consumers desert the store in 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deserted.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"\" align=\"Center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"530\" height=\"350\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/news.smarthouse.com.au\/resources\/articleimages\/6jm809qc_embeded_image_10.jpg', 'foo', 'width=365 height=205, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/news.smarthouse.com.au\/resources\/articleimages\/6jm809qc_embeded_image_10.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>Click to enlarge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"530\">Meanwhile the Apple store which is one street away from the Microsoft store was packed with consumers buying Apple products. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"\" align=\"Center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"530\" height=\"350\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/news.smarthouse.com.au\/resources\/articleimages\/6jm809qc_embeded_image_11.jpg', 'foo', 'width=365 height=205, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/news.smarthouse.com.au\/resources\/articleimages\/6jm809qc_embeded_image_11.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>Click to enlarge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"530\">It&#8217;s interesting that Apple staff have changed their T Shirts from their traditional blue to red to match Microsoft staff. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Microsoft staff have told ChannelNews that traffic is &#8220;slow&#8221; and that very few customers end up buying a product at the Microsoft store.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Ten days ago Microsoft spin doctors Ogilvy PR was trying to convince the Australian media that there was a need for a Microsoft store.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&nbsp;They even pulled in hundreds of people lured by the offer of free gifts, tickets to concerts. 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