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CultureMap gifts Dallas shoppers with the ultimate Holiday Pop-up Shop

Sip, nosh, create, and make merry at this fab pop-up shopping experience.

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If the thought of sipping cocktails and sampling sweets while shopping for holiday gifts suddenly brings visions of sugar-plums dancing in your head, then we have a holiday treat.

On December 2, CultureMap is gifting Dallas with the ultimate holiday shopping experience. The CultureMap Holiday Pop-up Shop, sponsored by Verizon, is a holiday boutique showcasing 25 of our favorite, hand-picked local retailers for men, women, kids, pets, jewelry, gifts, home, and gourmet food and beverages.

But wait. It gets better. To get you in that shopping spirit, you can drink cocktails and nosh on festive food while you shop. Expect to be serenaded by carolers (no piped-in mall music here) and be sure to stop at the special crafting stations.

Think of this as your chance to actually relax and enjoy your holiday shopping, while supporting some great, independent Dallas retailers. General admission tickets are only $10 in advance, plus, to make sure we send good tidings to all, the event benefits The Birthday Party Project.

Here are some of the exciting vendors you can expect:

Brewed+Pressed
Brite Bar Beauty
C & C Holistic Living, LLC
Elizabeth W
Follain
Frisky Britches
GAIA Empowered Women
Gems by the Foot
Jon Hart Shop @ TheBiz
Joy Creative Shop
Just Hit Send
KidBiz
Kristin Miller Jewelry
Lily Rain
Lolo Jewellery & Accessories
Luxury Garage Sale
Madre
Primavera Collection
Rush Patisserie
Spice Madam
Sugarfina
Swoozie's Dallas
Tacchino Hat Co.
The T Shop
TheBiz
Tom & Sheri's Iron In A Bottle
Valerie Morgan Designs
Verizon
Viv Jordan Studio
Vivian's Boutique Spa
Wanderer Boutique
Yims Foods
... and more to be announced!

We're also hosting fun and festive workshops throughout the day. From artful lettering to succulent arrangements, this is your chance to create a gift for someone special (or yourself!) — in between the shopping, sipping, and other Pop-up Shop merriment.

Space is limited, so check out the schedule below, and then snag your spot. Bonus: Your workshop ticket includes access to the main event.

Plant & Sip Holiday Succulent Workshop, 1-1:30 pm, 1:30-2 pm
Create your own unique holiday succulent arrangement with step-by-step instructions from succulent specialists. You'll also learn how to easily and effortlessly incorporate succulent plants into your home decor. Space is limited to 20 attendees for each time slot. $35.

Intro to Brush Pen Holiday Lettering with Viv Jordan, 2-3 pm
Get a fun and informative crash course on how to use a brush pen in this one-hour class. Takeaways include one brush pen, one lettering packet, and a sheet full of holiday lettering ideas to use this season. Space is limited to 20 attendees. $45.

The CultureMap Holiday Pop-up Shop, sponsored by Verizon, Korbel, and Ketel One, runs 12-4 pm at Sixty Five Hundred, 6500 Cedar Springs Rd., Dallas.

From 11 am-12 pm, Verizon Up members may shop exclusively as VIPs, and gift bags will be given to the first 100 Verizon Up VIPs to arrive. (Proof of Verizon Up membership must be shown at door for admission with this ticket type. To register for Verizon Up, visit the official site.)

Excited yet? Then reserve your tickets now. We can't wait to see you there.

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Amazon Pharmacy to build Dallas facility for same-day delivery meds

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Why are prescription bottles always orange?

Amazon is moving forward on its plans to expand its same-day delivery of prescription drugs with the opening a center in Dallas: Called Amazon Pharmacy, it will be located inside Amazon's Richardson distribution center at 3051 Research Dr., from where it will begin delivering prescriptions in 2025.

Dallas is one of 20 cities where Amazon will open new centers, doubling the number of cities that it already offers same-day delivery prescriptions.

The 24-hour pharmacy will be added onto an existing 180,000-square-foot distribution warehouse; construction on the added pharmacy is set to start in February and is estimated to cost $1.6 million, according to a filing permit.

Currently, it takes an average of two days for customers to get medication delivered where same-day delivery isn't available. Amazon officials said the company aims to help fill care gaps by offering rapid delivery of medications and 24/7 access to a pharmacist so customers can get care within hours.

Amazon says it will reduce delivery time with the pharmacies, which are designed to be automated with robotic arms supervised by licensed pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

"Amazon Pharmacy is integrating technology to modernize pharmacy while maintaining high-touch clinical care,” says VP of Amazon Pharmacy John Love in a statement. "We are reimagining health care delivery to meet customers where they are—online, on the go, and at home.”

The pharmacy space has become buzzy, in no small part due to Mark Cuban, who is changing the game with his Cost Plus Pharmacy, an online pharmacy that sells 100 of the most-often prescribed generic prescription drugs at a transparent, fixed-rate markup.

Amazon plans on opening other same-day delivery pharmacies in Boston, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, San Diego and other cities next year.

"We haven’t announced additional cities and will do so as plans become firm," an Amazon Pharmacy spokesperson told CoStar News. "Timing and details are still being determined, and delivery will be conducted by our standard vehicles."

Last year, Amazon started offering customers in College Station the option of getting their medications from an Amazon Pharmacy in 60 minutes or less by drone delivery. The Amazon Pharmacy same-day delivery service was introduced in New York and Los Angeles in March after launching in cities such as Indianapolis, Miami, Phoenix and Seattle.

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