Porter Square Walgreens closing

[keithn.livejournal.com]

While not Davis Square, this is still likely of interest since I'm sure many of us are regularly in Porter Square - the Walgreens there is closing on July 30.

It will probably be a shock to few that this store failed, although I'm somewhat surprised that it failed so quickly.

Comments

[misterthorn.livejournal.com]

Between the curse that hangs over that building, and opening up right across the street from a larger competitor, I'm surprised it stayed open as long as it did.

[ron_newman]

This opened in August 2013, so it didn't even quite get to the 2-year mark.

The store seemed more pleasant than CVS across the street, but I never saw anyone in it. They were 24-hour for a while, but that didn't last. When it opened, I questioned their decision to devote so much floor space to food, with a 24-hour Shaw's/Star right across the street.

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

That's a shame. I didn't make it there often, being so close to the Davis CVS, but in Porter I'd go to Walgreens over CVS every time.

[gentlescholar.livejournal.com]

I was driven out by the bad lighting--it was almost painful to go in there, at least in the early days.
And yes, trying to be a food store across from a Star Market and a drugstore across from a CVS and a phone store (because phone stores always do so well--not), I just walked around the place, thinking, "You are doing everything badly, instead of picking something to be good at."

[londo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I found the lighting in there physically painful, which I don't think I've ever experienced in a retail store before.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

I found the lighting disconcerting, but it's always struck me as too big a space for what it was, so I'm not surprised it was not sustainable.

[paradoox.livejournal.com]

I was never in the Walgreen's in Porter that I can recall but I would point out that Walgreen's is often cheaper than CVS. So, I am kind of surprised it failed.

[myselftheliar.livejournal.com]

Aw that's sad, I preferred it to the CVS.

[starkyld.livejournal.com]

They have (had?) an amazing cosmetics selection for a chain pharmacy. Can anyone confirm whether their existing cosmetics stock is currently super-discounted in advance of closing?