Xinhua | Updated: 2020-12-25 09:40 Share CLOSE FILE PHOTO: A sign advertising the availability of flu shots is taped onto a door of a Duane Reade in New York, January 14, 2013. [Photo/Agencies] NEW YORK -- New York City has seen almost one in seven nationally recognized chain-store branches close their doors in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the country and sent consumers scurrying for cover, according to a latest industry report. A record high 1,057 chain stores, including 70 Duane Reades, 49 Starbucks and 22 Papyruses, have ended their businesses over the past 12 months, said the Center for an Urban Future's annual "State of the Chains" report released this week.