Retail and Shopping
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Wiped out of toilet paper? Here's whyApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - What does toilet paper have to do with a global pandemic? Nothing. Yet millions of people have been panicking about their household supply. Stores shelves have been empt...
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Ulta to furlough 'many' store employeesApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - Bolingbrook-based beauty products chain Ulta Beauty announced it would furlough 'many" of its store employees on April 19 due to the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic. U...
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Their Life's Work: How a yoga studio, consignment shop, martial arts club adapt during the pandemicApr 08, 2020 5:30 am - Illinois has more than 1 million small businesses - some new, some old, some family legacies, others personal dreams. Each proprietor has a story to tell about how thing...
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Their Life's Work: Lake in the Hills martial arts club now posts recorded training sessionsApr 08, 2020 5:30 am - Illinois has more than 1 million small businesses. Each proprietor has a story to tell about how things have changed dramatically for them with the onset of the coron...
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Their Life's Work: Batavia consignment shop owner now livestreams fashion showsApr 08, 2020 5:30 am - Illinois has more than 1 million small businesses. Each proprietor has a story to tell about how things have changed dramatically for them with the onset of the coron...
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Stay at home, shop local in Batavia April 11-18Apr 07, 2020 11:00 pm - The Batavia Chamber of Commerce is joining chambers and small businesses across the state of Illinois to launch the 'IL'ove Local campaign to encourage people to support...
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Stay at home, shop local and support your Fox Valley townApr 07, 2020 11:00 pm - As part of the IL-oveLocal initiative April 11-18, chambers of commerce across the Fox Valley are encouraging residents to support independent local businesses. "We wan...
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Geneva small businesses need your support April 11-18Apr 07, 2020 11:00 pm - Shopping local is not an annual event, nor a novelty. It must be a daily practice that makes our community stronger. The Geneva Chamber of Commerce is asking you to put ...
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Bars crater and grocers boom, showing huge mismatch in U.S. jobs
Apr 05, 2020 6:20 am - Bri Hlava lost her bartending jobs when the Silver Dollar and the Pearl of Germantown in Louisville, Kentucky, shut down in the coronavirus pandemic. She had earned $600...
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Retail workers in their 60s, 70s and 80s say they're worried about their health - but need the money
Apr 05, 2020 6:18 am - Julio Guzman doesn't want to stop working. But these days, just about everyone is urging the 71-year-old to stay home: His wife, his kids, state officials, even the pres...