Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Samsung Canada announced today that it's reopening two Experience Stores in Ontario and British Columbia. Namely, the stores are located at the Yorkdale Mall in Toronto and the Metrotown Mall in Burnaby. The Yorkdale store reopened yesterday, whereas the Metrotown Mall store is scheduled to reopen its doors from mid-November.
The redesigned Experience Stores have new repair service centers, new customer product training areas, new mobile transaction stations, and designated spaces for quick online order pickup. Evidently, the revamped stores also allow Samsung customers to test the company's latest innovative products, from the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Z Fold 3 to the Galaxy Watch 4 series and Bespoke Editions.
Samsung reopened the redesigned Experience Store at the Yorkdale Mall yesterday, and says it will reopen the Metrotown Mall store later this month. Until then, Samsung customers can visit a temporary store located on the shopping center's upper level. The temporary store will eventually shut down once Samsung finishes redesigning the Experience Store within the next few weeks.
Samsung claims that the new internal design of its stores helps the company meet safety protocol expectations without diluting the brand's image. To date, Samsung has seven Experience Stores in Canada, three of which are located in Toronto. It's worth noting that Canada isn't the only country where Samsung is redesigning its retail space. The company set a new benchmark in retail last month when it reopened its Experience Store in London. It seems like it's a global endeavor, though it might take some time for every Experience Store in the world to get the new look.
