Following last week’s revelation that Microsoft plans to call Apple out on the high street with its own chain of retail shops near Apple’s own comes yet more news claiming Redmond’s hired in a little former-Cupertino talent to help it make its pitch.
Those revered Apple-watchers at IFO AppleStore have the skinny, claiming, “A key figure in achieving Apple’s ground-breaking retail store concept is now consulting with Microsoft on that company’s retail stores.”
As the story goes, twenty-year veteran ex-Gap VP of real estate strategy George W. Blankenship has jumped ship from Apple, where he has been since 2000, in order to help the Windows maker o
