Retail and Shopping
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Gurnee Mills owner offers scholarshipJan 15, 2020 12:00 am - GURNEE - Simon Youth Foundation is offering a $1,500 scholarship to a graduating senior living near Gurnee Mills pursue a college education. The one-time $1,500 scholar...
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Victoria's Secret leaves Deer Park Town Center, is quickly replacedJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - Victoria's Secret has left Deer Park Town Center, but it didn't take the chic mall long to get over the breakup. Deer Park Town Center marketing coordinator Angelika Fej...
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Walmart recruits robots in online grocery battle with Amazon
Jan 11, 2020 5:09 am - Hidden behind a store in southern New Hampshire, Walmart's latest weapon in its food fight against Amazon.com is now fully operational. The nation's biggest grocer on We...
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From parking lot to restaurants? What may be next for 'Hawthorn Mall 2.0'Jan 08, 2020 4:30 am - A $6.2 million overhaul of the two-level interior center court at Hawthorn Mall gave holiday shoppers a taste of big plans in store for the Vernon Hills shopping center....
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Woodfield to add Versona, Sally Beauty to store line upJan 07, 2020 12:00 am - Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg announced value-focused fashion boutique Versona will open its first Illinois store in the mall in April. Versona, owned by North Carolina-b...
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Peppa Pig play center to replace Rainforest Cafe at WoodfieldJan 06, 2020 12:00 am - Work is under way on the transformation of the 24-year-old Rainforest Cafe site at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg into the third Peppa Pig World of Play Indoor Play Center...
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'Let's do it': Couple's retail dreams come true with Red Hive Market in BataviaJan 05, 2020 6:29 am - Tom Freeman makes it sound like a bit of an epiphany when saying he and his wife, Bridget Johnson, walked out of Briana's Pancake House in Batavia one morning last fall ...
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Recalling some of the top 'Talk of the Town' topics in 2019Jan 03, 2020 5:00 am - "Talk of the Town" has made it through another year. It has again been a pleasure to bring readers in the Tri-Cities, and surrounding areas, information about their frie...
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Wheaton Toms Price store celebrates grand reopening Jan 4; neighboring businesses join celebrationJan 02, 2020 10:00 pm - "The transformation is complete," said Scott Price, president and owner of Toms Price, the Wheaton store that has been a fixture on Front Street in the suburb since 1955...
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Chipotle, LA Fitness coming to Mundelein shopping centerDec 30, 2019 12:00 am - Two well-known chain businesses are coming to Mundelein's Townline Square shopping center in 2020, filling vacancies that opened earlier this year. A Chipotle Mexican Gr...