Microsoft Pinching Apple Employees to Staff Stores

Microsoft’s planned expansion into the brick-and-mortar retail sector will be staffed at least in part by…Apple Store employees, reports the Loop. The software giant is hiring away Apple managers with higher salaries, sources tell the tech blog. Those managers in turn are trying to bring aboard Apple's top salespeople. All reports suggest Microsoft’s stores, expected to open in the fall, will follow Apple’s example not just in staffing but in layout. (More Apple stories.)