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MAR 2007

AT&T Megastore Aims to Make It Fun to Buy a Phone

New York Times, March 13, 2007 — With the opening yesterday of its first megastore, AT&T is trying to do the seemingly impossible: make buying cellular service an almost entertaining experience. The 5,000-square-foot store in the Compaq Center complex in Houston is the first of 11 AT&T Experience stores planned for opening this year with the aim of making shopping for communications equipment less daunting and, perhaps, more fun.

Category: Customer Experience
Tags: AT&T, Retail Design

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