• The New York Observer, Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:50 AM

Duane Reade's flagship stores have sushi and fro-yo stations, juice bars and in-store nail and hair salons. There are hologram floor greeters and digital makeup counters, which offer computerized snapshots of your face so you can see how a product looks like without using a tester.  The chain's 40 Wall St., New York, location, which opened in 2011, won a prestigious design award and raves from The New Yorker and Women’s Wear Daily. That they even wrote about a drug store opening says more. Back story at the link. 

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