Retail and Shopping
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Walgreens to close 14% of U.S. stores to offset weak demand
Oct 15, 2024 10:04 am - Deerfield-based Walgreens drugstore chain said Tuesday it will shutter around 1,200 outlets over the next three years, with 500 closures slated for 2025.
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Three young Latino entrepreneurs open new businesses in AuroraOct 13, 2024 6:30 am - In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin presented the Mayor’s Award of Excellence to the graduates of Aurora High Schools for opening their businesses in town and investing in their community
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‘A fantastic addition’: Fresh Market grocery store coming to Yorktown mallOct 09, 2024 6:50 pm - Yorktown Center will add a grocery store to its roster of new restaurants and nontraditional tenants as part of a larger redevelopment of the shopping mall in Lombard. The 26,466-square-foot Fresh Market store will be located across from the new Empire Burgers + Brew restaurant.
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‘The Button Man’: Artist brings new art installation to Fashion Outlets in RosemontOct 09, 2024 11:53 am - You’d expect there to be buttons sewn to the clothes for sale within the stores at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago. But tons of the tiny fasteners also can be found in the corridors of the Rosemont mall — part of the new art exhibition “Button-Up, Button Down.”
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Mixology classes coming to downtown Arlington HeightsOct 07, 2024 10:56 pm - A combination upscale liquor store and mixology classroom planned in downtown Arlington Heights received liquor licenses from the village board Monday night.
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What is Daiso? Japanese discounter coming to Crystal Lake with more suburban stores planned
Oct 07, 2024 7:55 am - Crystal Lake and Oswego will be home to a unique retail store early next year, as Japanese discount store Daiso will be occupying the shuttered BuyBuy Baby property, becoming one of the first in the state and the Midwest.
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Retailers have no room for error this holiday
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Starbucks buys research farms as climate change threatens coffee supply
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Amazon, Target and other retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday shopping seasonOct 03, 2024 7:30 am - Retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday season, but fewer seasonal employees are expected to be taken on this year to help customers in stores and assemble online...
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Wayfair outlet opening in NapervilleOct 02, 2024 4:07 pm - Wayfair, a popular online home furnishings retailer, is opening a new outlet center in Naperville Thursday.