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> Was there ever a Google Store anywhere in the world?

Yes, London had one embedded in the Currys on TCR. Even made the news.

https://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/11/google-opens-its-first-ever-...

Popular enough to make it to 4sq.

https://foursquare.com/googlesh8058175

Also crops up in an answer on Google's support site.

https://support.google.com/store/answer/10840716?hl=en

Also one in NYC based off this archive.org snapshot of their locations page.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210614171636/https://store.goo...

etc.etc.

(Also London had a Nokia store back in 2008 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/textlad/2278591733 )

I guess this _might_ count, but the whole 'store within a store' tends to be a bit of publicity stunt. You can just bung the store owners a few quid, make some stands with your company name on it and send out a press release that you now have a 'store'.

It's an order of magnitude less hard than actually setting up a store front, signing up for utilities, hiring staff directly, managing stock/inventory, dealing with returns etc. Not to mention that no-one will likely notice when you quietly take down the 'Google section' overnight.

It the equivalent of setting up a 'store' on Amazon vs. creating your own web presence + fulfilment warehouse.

Does a full store count then?

https://blog.google/products/devices-services/google-store-n...

A 'store within a store' is a fairly normal thing in a department store, especially the luxury ones.

It's also not unusual for electronics. I think the large electronics shop near me has a Sony section (or is it Samsung?) and a Sonos section.

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