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'Retail arbitrage': How people are making money reselling clearance items on Amazon

By Rachel Siegel The Washington Post
Feb 16, 2019 5:00 am - With their two young kids in tow, Juston and Kristen Herbert drove to a Target near their home outside Scottsdale, Arizona. It was time to get to work. The Herberts were...
Sugar Grove mom invents Fizzy Magic - a bath bomb for kids with a toy surprise inside

By Dave Heun
Feb 15, 2019 5:00 am - It's a good thing that Mary Westerhaus' 6-year-old son Lane is the curious type. The Sugar Grove mom listened carefully when her son quizzed the clerk at a store in Dece...
Analysts are questioning the latest retail sales figures

By Matt Townsend, Steve Matthews and Matthew Boesler Bloomberg
Feb 14, 2019 12:00 am - So much for a merry Christmas. That is, if you trust the numbers. Figures released Thursday by the Commerce Department show U.S. retail sales fell 1.2 percent in Decembe...
Newly finished 'Fox Valley Suite' to make its debut at Geneva Middle School South

By Dave Heun
Feb 12, 2019 10:00 pm - The “Fox Valley Suite” musical composition has been years in the making and band members from Geneva middle schools and high school have been working to bring it all tog...
Steinhafels opens Crystal Lake store

Feb 12, 2019 12:00 am - CRYSTAL LAKE - Steinhafels will hold a grand opening of its new Crystal Lake store beginning at 9:45 a.m. Feb. 15 at Steinhafels Superstore at Crystal Point Shopping Cen...
A new Toys 'R' Us emerges from the wreckage - and it's looking for partners

By Matt Townsend Bloomberg
Feb 11, 2019 12:00 am - The remnant of Toys "R" Us Inc. is looking for licensing partners to revive the brand in several parts of the world, including in the U.S. by next Christmas. "That's cer...
Amazon has a big advertising business. Walmart wants one too

By Matthew Boyle Bloomberg
Feb 11, 2019 12:00 am - Walmart is big in almost every way-4,755 stores, 1.5 million employees and $380 billion in revenue in the U.S. alone. But one part of the world's largest retailer remain...
Have Apple stores have lost their luster?

Hamza Shaban The Washington Post
Feb 09, 2019 5:21 am - Apple is not just a giant of technology, it has also grown into one of the biggest American retailers, with more than 500 stores across five continents. But the shine of...
How to change your screen habits from time-wasting to money-saving

By COURTNEY JESPERSEN NerdWallet
Feb 09, 2019 5:00 am - Apple's Screen Time feature can tell you more about your iPhone usage than you may care to know. Like how many text notifications you receive, the number of hours you sp...
Augmented reality — Warby Parker's latest tool to let shoppers try on glasses

By Peter Holley The Washington Post
Feb 09, 2019 5:00 am - Way back in 2010, Warby Parker's “Home Try-On” program changed the way people buy glasses. Its secret? Creating a casual business transaction that felt more like commitm...

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