While Google has expanded its hardware lineups beyond Pixel phones and now sells Nest smart home products, smart speakers, and Fitbit watches, the company does not have a physical retail store to showcase the products to its customers. This is, however, set to change this summer when the Mountain View giant opens its first-ever physical retail store in New York.
Google announced its plans to open the first Google Store in NYC via an official blog post recently. The store will be located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan and will showcase an array of “Made by Google” products.
Apart from making the storefront immersive for customers, Google is also thinking about the ongoing pandemic and how it changed physical shopping. So the store will be cleaned multiple times a day and will be limited to a certain number of visitors at a time. Masks, hand sanitation, and social distancing will be required at all times. Plus, the company will adhere to local and national restrictions to keep its employees and customers safe.
