Retail and Shopping
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How to just say no to gift exchangesDec 02, 2018 12:00 am - Your college roommate. Your current roommate. Your book club. Your brunch crew. Your office secret Santa. Your cousins. Your siblings. Your parents. Your partner. Their ...
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Payless pranks VIPs, sells discount shoes at luxury prices
Nov 30, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Payless taught fashion influencers a lesson about shoes by opening a fake store that sold Main Street shoes at Madison Avenue prices. Payless ShoeSour...
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Lampert's next play: Inside the hedge fund war at Sears
Nov 30, 2018 12:00 am - Edward Lampert isn't done with Sears yet. Neither are Sears's enemies on Wall Street. Six weeks after the storied Hoffman Estates-based department store chain filed for ...
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Sears head Lampert teams with Cyrus on possible takeoverNov 28, 2018 12:00 am - Cyrus Capital Partners and a hedge fund run by Sears Holdings Corp. Chairman Eddie Lampert are preparing a potential joint takeover bid that would keep the bankrupt chai...
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Cyrus becomes Sears bankruptcy lender after cutting a deal at courthouseNov 28, 2018 12:00 am - Cyrus Capital Partners will provide Sears Holdings Corp. a loan to keep the bankrupt retailer's stores open after the hedge fund won a bidding war in a courthouse hallwa...
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Hawthorn Mall owner committed to major transformationNov 28, 2018 12:00 am - The owner of Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills says the company is committed to a major reboot of the center as a go-to destination. “We're working furiously every day to fi...
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How 'Grinch bots' are inflating holiday toy prices - and what lawmakers want to do about it
Nov 27, 2018 12:00 am - Were your Cyber Monday deals not as attractive as you had hoped? Lawmakers say "cyber-grinch" bots might be to blame - and they are introducing new legislation to try to...
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Hawthorn Mall redevelopment key for Vernon HillsNov 25, 2018 12:00 am - Vernon Hills' numerous retail centers will be humming with holiday shoppers in coming weeks, but village officials want to ensure the allure is year round. With pressure...
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Geneva gift wrapping and card shop opens just in time for holidaysNov 23, 2018 5:00 am - Whether operating a pizza joint, toiling for large companies or delivering products, Cherie McCarron of Batavia carried a consistent trait in her work. She was a prolif...
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Lincolnshire library publishes gift guide for book loversNov 23, 2018 12:00 am - If you've got book lovers on your Christmas shopping list but aren't sure what to get them, the Vernon Area Public Library is ready to help. The staff of the Lincolnshir...