These stores focused on small electronic products for personal use or to be given as gifts.
"In producing small products you could learn about the process in less demanding conditions," he said.
The group had offered $109 million for the maker of small electronic products.
"The number of patents you can run into with a small product is immense," he said.
Microsoft also has hundreds of other small products that are used by many people across the world.
Very large, small, heavy, or light products require varying degrees of manual handling.
Some credit the growing supply of small products to women's changing habits.
"This is not meant to be a small product."
Well, whatever they amount to, the product of the first year, great or small, shall be divided amongst us.
Scientists do not yet know how small the products of "nanotechnology" can be.