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.
Read the whole story at The New York Observer »