Retail and Shopping
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Mount Prospect approves $1.5 million incentive deal for downtown grocery storeAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - Mount Prospect village trustees welcomed the upcoming construction of a downtown grocery store by approving a $1.5 million incentive agreement Tuesday to help with build...
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Navy Pier to close after Labor Day until possibly spring because of pandemic lossesAug 18, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago's Navy Pier, one of the top tourist attractions in Illinois, will temporarily close down from Sept. 8 until the spring of 2021. The pier-wide closure after Labor...
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Mount Prospect mulling incentives to seal deal for a downtown Caputo'sAug 17, 2020 1:00 am - Now that a developer has announced a long-term lease with Angelo Caputo's Fresh Markets to bring a grocery store to downtown Mount Prospect, village trustees will consid...
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Grocery workers say morale at all-time low: 'They don't even treat us like humans anymore'
Aug 16, 2020 6:20 am - This spring, for the first time, Angel Manners found purpose and pride at the supermarket where she has worked the past decade. Customers praised her as a hero for putti...
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Liz Weston: Feel out of control? These money moves can help
Aug 16, 2020 6:19 am - Behavioral economist Dan Ariely and his colleagues at Duke University's Center for Advanced Hindsight have a pact. Every week, the group of 50 people picks one small bus...
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With official systems swamped, union gets into contact tracing
Aug 16, 2020 6:16 am - The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is stepping in where the government has failed, running its own coronavirus contact-tracing program for 1.3 mi...
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Back-to-school laptop guide: Pandemic survival edition
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U.S. retail sales regain pre-virus level but slowdown likely
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Downtown Mount Prospect getting grocery in Maple Street LoftsAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - For those wishing for a grocery in downtown Mount Prospect, the wait will soon be over. Wingspan Development Group, a Mount Prospect-based real estate development compan...
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Ruby Jane opens in BataviaAug 13, 2020 1:00 am - BATAVIA - Batavia's newest retail business, Ruby Jane, will open its doors during its Grand Opening weekend, August 14-August 16. Ruby Jane, a child clothier at 10 Wilso...