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In today's Retail Daily Minute:

• Amazon’s New Small-Format Grocery Store: Amazon introduces “Amazon Grocery” in Chicago, combining its grocery offerings with a nearby Whole Foods Market to streamline shopping for everyday essentials and specialty items.
• BuyBuy Baby Transitions to Online-Only: BuyBuy Baby plans to shuts down all its physical stores by the end of the year, pivoting to a fully digital shopping model as part of its new retail strategy.
• Apple and Klarna Partnership Expands BNPL Options: Apple teams up with Klarna to offer buy now, pay later services through Apple Pay, available to users in the U.S. and U.K., with plans to launch in Canada soon.

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