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Drug store growth a hard act to follow

MARINA STRAUSS AND BERTRAND MAROTTE

From Saturday's Globe and Mail

TORONTO, MONTREAL — The mundane name aside, Store No. 1206 is not your typical pharmacy. In fact, at first, second and third blush, the new Burlington, Ont., outlet of Shoppers Drug Mart looks like anything but a suburban drug mart. Right at the door there's the beauty section, lined with glass shelves of facial creams, makeup and a blue-glass jar of Guerlain cream at $435. Just beyond that is the sweet scent of Chanel No.

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