Originally published on August 12, 2024 by Brett Widness for UrbanLand Magazine. 

According to Associated Press reports, America’s pharmacies are the latest retailer to test smaller locations in addition to more ways to offer care as price-sensitive shoppers look elsewhere.

Customers may see Walgreens stores that are one-fourth the size of a regular location or CVS drugstores with entire primary clinics stuffed inside. AP reports: “Everyone looks at health care and says, ‘Oh yeah, it’s a market that’s ripe for disruption,’” said Neil Saunders, managing director of consulting and data analysis firm GlobalData. “But it isn’t easy to disrupt.”