"So if a customer is coming in [alone], who wants to flip open a laptop and have a cup of coffee, great," he says. "If it's a quick lunch with a couple of friends, and they have to
get back to work in an hour, we have an area more conducive to getting in and out quick."
Some of the new features can be localized; play areas will remain in outlets where it makes sense and the most obvious changes will be the disappearance of the red mansard roof and cafeteria-style lighting and the addition of a stone or brick exterior and more modern furniture.
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