Retail and Shopping
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Analysis: Retailers think you can't work in sweatpants forever
Sep 20, 2020 6:00 am - Consumerism is back in fashion in spite of the enduring COVID-19 pandemic. The biggest European clothing retailers Inditex and Hennes & Mauritz both demonstrated that de...
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Tree trimmer starts handcrafted furniture shop in BataviaSep 18, 2020 6:00 am - Enrique Macias knows trees. A certified tree arborist, he can identify the type of tree you have in your yard and give you an estimate on the tree's age and overall heal...
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Jack-O'-Lantern Walk returns to downtown Geneva Oct. 2Sep 16, 2020 11:00 pm - Merchants in downtown Geneva are coming together for the second annual self-guided Jack-O'-Lantern Walk, set for 5-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2. Fifty downtown businesses will...
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Dollar Tree, PPE store filling up vacant Elk Grove grocer spaceSep 16, 2020 11:00 pm - The cavernous former Dominick's and Joe Caputo & Sons grocery store space within the Elk Grove Town Center is slowly starting to fill back up. Village officials announce...
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Schaumburg to keep Woodfield Trolley suspended through holidaysSep 15, 2020 1:00 am - Schaumburg trustees are keeping the village-subsidized Woodfield Trolley service that caters largely to visitors suspended through the upcoming holiday shopping season, ...
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Walmart completes renovation of Bloomingdale storeSep 13, 2020 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGDALE - Walmart said Monday it has completed its remodeled Supercenter in Bloomingdale. The remodel includes several department transformations and the addition o...
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Vacancy of former Schaumburg Town Square Dominick's could end in 2021Sep 11, 2020 5:00 am - A former Dominick's in Schaumburg's Town Square will get its first chance next year to be something other than a vacant building since the grocery chain shut down at the...
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Attention, shoppers: The Kane County Flea Market will reopen this weekendSep 03, 2020 1:00 am - The Kane County Flea Market is coming back. It might not look exactly the same, but for the market's owners, there's a mix of joy and relief about the event's resumption...
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Police in Kane County now can ticket businesses not complying with COVID-19 precautionsSep 01, 2020 1:00 am - Kane County sheriff's deputies and municipal police officers will begin issuing misdemeanor citations to local businesses that fail to comply with COVID-19 precautions. ...
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Despite state OK, Rosemont flea market gives up on 2020Aug 30, 2020 1:00 am - Following months of negotiations, the proprietors of Wolff's Flea Market in Rosemont secured state approval to reopen, but with that consent came new rules they argue ar...