Jill 31,812 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 After years of pop-up experiments, Google is finally dipping its toes in the physical retail waters with its first store, located underneath its offices in the Chelsea neighborhood in New York City. It will primarily feature Google’s own hardware products, including Pixel phones, Nest smarthome gadgets, Fitbits, and assorted other devices. There will also be a selection of third party accessories and Google-branded swag like hats or T-shirts. Google characterizes this as its “first” store, but in a call with press yesterday declined to say when, where, or even whether other stores could open. Presumably one might, but it’s no sure thing. The retail space here is a relatively small way for Google to get into physical stores, not a big splashy entrance into competing with Apple Stores. Microsoft closed all of its retail stores last July amid the pandemic. The Google Store is designed more like a show room (or a brand activation experience) than a retail space intended to move lots of product. There are stools and chairs scattered throughout the main space as well as rooms that Google calls “sandboxes” with product-specific experiences. In one room, customers will go through a little skit of using a Nest hub to answer the door for a delivery person, complete with haptics in the couch to simulate a knock on the door. The room for Pixel phones will showcase their low-light photography feature. Source: https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/16/22535909/googles-first-retail-store-hardware Former First Lady of the United States. Now card-carrying member of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CautiousLurker 19,709 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I can finally look a person in the eye while I buy an official Google tshirt, omg It's a joke! When you give me that look, it's a joke! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bonkers 30,860 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Finally somewhere to voice my complaints. This Karen will be stopping in on their next visit to NYC. Look out Google!! Remember to like and subscribe, and click on the bell icon to get the latest updates Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A MESS 3,938 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 physical stores? in this economy??? Генерал Марина Абрамовић Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy scheisse 22,907 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I love my Google pixel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,888 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I went to the shop they had in San Fransisco a few years back, got a cute beanie This kitten over here (meow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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weed 78,931 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 i love the interior design, those wires/lines are really cool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusKeepBreathin 19,311 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 1 hour ago, A MESS said: physical stores? in this economy??? This is weird to me too. But sometimes physical stores work as advertising for the brand and the aesthetic they want to represent and less about sales. If I'm not mistaken Apple closed all it's stores during the pandemic and it really didn't affect them. "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King Jr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harispilton 503 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Looks very 2008-esque. Snooze. please ban this account ty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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