Why is Duane Reade the most popular drug store?

[MrHT]

Here in NYC, there is a Duane Reade store in every block. It seems like they're so popular. I'm assuming they're popular because a lot of people like to shop there, which I don't understand why. Their prices are EXPENSIVE. Rite Aid and CVS have better prices (and better selection, I might add), but there are fewer stores around.

So, how did Duane Reade become so popular? Do people like spending more money??

[nefilim]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Here in NYC, there is a Duane Reade store in every block. It seems like they're so popular. I'm assuming they're popular because a lot of people like to shop there, which I don't understand why. Their prices are EXPENSIVE. Rite Aid and CVS have better prices (and better selection, I might add), but there are fewer stores around.

So, how did Duane Reade become so popular? Do people like spending more money??

here, where i live, we have not even heard of Duane Reade ... might be kind of hard to comprehend ... right ?

[Tony208]

location location location

basically the starbucks and mcdonalds model to store placement worked out well for them

[remake]

I've never even heard of them until this thread.

All we have is CVS here.

[MrHT]

You guys never heard of Duane Reade??

I have yet to find a block without one. They're all over the place and I'm sick of it. I wish I was in a location that had a lot of CVS stores. They're much better.

[Jett Rink]

Originally Posted by MrHT

You guys never heard of Duane Reade??

I have yet to find a block without one. They're all over the place and I'm sick of it. I wish I was in a location that had a lot of CVS stores. They're much better.

There are Walgreen's as far as the eye can see here. Never even heard of Duane Reade.

[blurayisnice]

Yeah I see Duane Reade all over the place here!
Do they only sell, like, medical drugs? Or also other stuff?
Why is there a need for so many pharmacies in New York? There is not a block without one! Where I live (back home in the Netherlands), there are only 2 small pharmacies (combined maybe the 10% the size of 1 big drug store in NYC) for the entire town (around 40,000 people). And Dutch healthcare is extremely good and even extremely cheap compared to US healthcare.

I pay 100 Euros a month (130 USD) for full coverage and the government pays 90 Euros for me, so I pay only 10 Euros a month lol.
I do have to pay for my own medicines (up to 600 Euros a year, everything over 600 is covered) though. But I rarely make use of medicines (I hope it stays like that ).

[MrHT]

Must be a NYC store then. Because NYC is full of them. No exaggeration. There's one in EVERY block.

I know Walgreens bought out Duane Reade, so they're both the same store now.