Retail and Shopping
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Gift Guide: Some tech gadgets that actually fill a real need
Dec 22, 2018 5:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Sometimes you can sense that tech products are striving to solve problems that are manufactured by their manufacturers. Smartwatches, for instance, have ...
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In Arizona, a robot-driven car will deliver groceries to your home.
Dec 21, 2018 5:00 am - If you live in the Phoenix metropolitan area, you may have already encountered autonomous vehicles delivering passengers from one location to another. Now, Scottsdale, A...
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Could Amazon Go be coming to an airport near you?
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'Nobody should work here - ever': Teen uses intercom to quit Walmart
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Find last minute gifts at Tea Tree shop in BataviaDec 12, 2018 10:00 pm - Looking for great last minute gift ideas? Batavia has some great offerings beginning with the Tea Tree at 29 N. River Street. I hadn't shopped here because I am not rea...
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Aldi adds to grocery store options in Vernon Hills areaDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - Another option is joining the shopping list of grocery stores in Vernon Hills with the opening Thursday of discount retailer Aldi. Local and company officials will cut t...
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Whole Foods is cutting food packaging with cancer-linked chemicals
Dec 11, 2018 12:00 am - Whole Foods Market, Amazon.com Inc.'s grocer that has spurned artificial flavors and antibiotic-laden meat, says it's now working to remove a cancer-linked chemical from...
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Robot janitors are coming to mop floors at a Walmart near you
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Weaker Sears holiday forecast heightens doubts about survivalDec 05, 2018 12:00 am - Revised internal forecasts show that Sears Holdings Corp. will bleed hundreds of millions of dollars more than it expected over the coming weeks, casting new doubt on wh...
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See Santa, reindeer and carolers at Algonquin CommonsDec 04, 2018 10:00 pm - Beginning the day after Thanksgiving and continuing every weekend through Dec. 16, Santa Claus and the Santa Express trolley is running free shuttle rides throughout the...