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Walgreens debuts new 'anti-theft' store with just two aisles where customers can shop for th

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk by ALICE WRIGHT

The Chicago store opened on Tuesday to mixed reviews from customers

Two aisles of 'essentials' are open to customers, but everything else must be ordered from a counter

It comes after the company's chief financial officer told investors executives may have overstated the effects of organized shoplifting 

Chicago branch of Walgreens has been redesigned with just two aisles where customers may shop for themselves, the rest must be done via a kiosk.

The new 'anti-theft' store at at 2 East Roosevelt in downtown Chicago will trust shoppers to pick up 'essentials' for themselves in the two free aisles, but everything else must be ordered and picked up via a counter.

The store, which took weeks to construct, opened to mixed reviews on Tuesday. 


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