Retail and Shopping
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All-night flea market a big hit with insomniacs at DuPage County FairgroundsAug 21, 2021 1:00 am - Hundreds of people showed up at the All-Night Flea Market Saturday at the DuPage County Fairgrounds despite a heavy downpour of rain. Vendor Doug Wilderman of Carol Stre...
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Woodman's, TJMaxx/HomeGoods stores open in BloomingdaleAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - August has brought two store openings to Bloomingdale with the debut of Woodman's and the relocation of TJMaxx/HomeGoods. Woodman's had a "soft opening" on Aug. 11, maki...
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Kimberly Palmer: Lessons in back-to-school shopping for 2021
Aug 19, 2021 11:00 pm - For parents, the return to school means a return to spending: NerdWallet recently found that, in spite of the pandemic, about half of parents who plan to back-to-school ...
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A trend that's changing for today's workplace environmentAug 19, 2021 1:00 am - There is no doubt that COVID-19 changed the way we live and work in 2020. As we continue to adapt and re-imagine the post-COVID-19 future, we need to think about the so...
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Second Costco opening in Naperville ThursdayAug 17, 2021 1:00 am - Naperville's second Costco warehouse is slated to open Thursday, serving as the anchor for the East Ogden Mall on the city's far northeast side. Shoppers can visit the r...
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Walgreens to issue its own credit cardsAug 15, 2021 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Walgreens Monday introduced its new myWalgreens Credit Card program, which expands the drugstore chain's financial services offerings. Walgreens' program fea...
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Noted muralist brings first foray into sculpture to Rosemont mallAug 13, 2021 6:00 am - Kate Lewis' murals can be found along the Chicago Riverwalk, within Wrigley Field, and on sides of buildings in New Buffalo, Michigan, and Las Vegas. Now, the self-taugh...
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Planned time capsule will make elements of the past part of the new Hawthorn MallAug 12, 2021 5:30 am - Fifty years from now, anyone around Vernon Hills can get a sense of what it was like when the big turnaround began at Hawthorn Mall. In 2071, a time capsule - actually a...
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Anderson's Bookshops celebrates 40th anniversary in SeptemberAug 07, 2021 11:00 pm - Anderson's Bookshop has roots in Downers Grove dating back 41 years, and next month the independent business celebrates its current location at 5112 Main St. Anderson's ...
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DuPage County Fairgrounds slowly returns to hosting large-crowd events indoors and outAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - After a long hiatus owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton is slowly but surely getting back to the business of holding entertainment e...