East Cleveland, OH — Over 45 retailers attended GE Lighting’s LED & Energy Efficient Lighting Trends for Retail conference this month to share best practices, new technologies and trends.
Deerfield, IL — Walgreens has installed its 100th rooftop solar power system in Mason, Ohio. The chain is on track to have more solar installations than any other U.S. retailer by year end.
New York City — Duane Reade will open a 22,000-square-foot flagship store on July 6, 2011 at the historic 40 Wall Street building in downtown New York City.
Deerfield, IL — Walgreens has unveiled a plan to quadruple its number of food oasis stores in Chicago to nearly 50 stores. It will also open new and remodeled stores in the city.
Deerfield, IL — Walgreen Co. has completed its acquisition of drugstore.com. The $409 million transaction follows Walgreens’ acquisition last year of New York-based drugstore chain Duane Reade.
