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| Me on the Walgreens red carpet at the opening of the 8000th store! |
This year continues to be full of new and interesting experiences. The most recent experience happened just this weekend. I traveled to Los Angeles with my team from Collective Bias to support and celebrate Walgreens as they opened their 8000th store. This store, located at the iconic Hollywood intersection, Sunset & Vine, is absolutely NOT just a drugstore. It features a Look Boutique with carefully selected high-end cosmetics, an eyebrow bar, and well-trained Beauty Advisors. There are several “bars”: sushi, frozen yogurt (complete with toppings!), coffee, and a smoothie and juice bar. As if that wasn’t enough, there is also an extensive wine section complete with a virtual bartender to help customers with their wine selection!
On Friday, I was able to tour Walgreens with one of the company’s executives who showed our team (which included some outstanding bloggers!) every inch of the breathtaking new store. That night, we celebrated with a party in the store where various brand ambassadors/celebrities like Fergie, Mark McGrath, Terry Bradshaw, The Manzos and Lauritas from BLKWater and “The Real Housewives of NJ”, Quinton Aaron from “The Blind Side”, Tim Gunn, and more came to congratulate Walgreens on their huge accomplishment (including the creation of more jobs, yay!)This morning (Saturday) was the ribbon cutting, and I was able to be one of the first 100 customers at the 8000th Walgreens store! Check out a few pictures from these awesome events!
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| The Look Boutique features cosmetics from all over the world, including lots of natural products. |
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| What do you think is happening here? |
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| If you guessed sushi making…you’re right! |
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| Walgreens made it to Hollywood! |
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| The Walgreens flagship store has TONS of affordable, fresh options to choose from. |
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| Delicious toppings at the fro-yo bar. |
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| Walgreens Executive, Joe Magnacca, discusses the choice to add the fro-yo bar to the flagship store. |
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| Did I mention the fresh bakery goods that are brought in from local bakers daily? |
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The incredible wine section at Walgreens in Hollywood.
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Have you ever been to anything like a store grand opening? If so, share what it was like! If not, let me know if you’d want to!
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