Carol Spieckerman's Latest for LIMA: "Proto-ships" Set to Sail
Part flagship, part prototype; a new breed of mega-lab is on the retail scene and, in Carol's latest blog article for LIMA, she explains why we'll be seeing more of them.
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Another Walgreens protoship set sail this week - this time on its home turf (Chicago). The health and living retailer (I dare you to call them a "drug retailer" to their face), includes many of the fripperies from the Manhattan mega store that came before along with a few updates, including LED lighting. What will work? What will travel? Stay tuned.