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As CVS Health prepares to close hundreds of stores this year, it is also planning to open 12 mini stores throughout the U.S. focused on medication rather than retail, doubling down on smaller footprints to tighten its belt. 

The new stores will be less than 5,000 SF, about half the size of a typical CVS, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing CVS. The dozen stores will be placed in communities where residents may already shop at Walmart or dollar stores but don’t have a nearby place to fill their prescriptions and get vaccines, the company told the outlet.