Retail and Shopping
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McDonald's store traffic falls unexpectedly as diners grow uneasy about economy
May 01, 2025 6:58 am - McDonald’s store traffic fell unexpectedly in the first quarter as economic uncertainty weighed on diners.
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‘We’re simply keeping what was already ours’: Huntley adopts local grocery tax
Apr 30, 2025 9:45 am - Huntley has become the latest municipality in the McHenry County area to go for a local grocery tax.
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Batavia plans to continue collecting grocery tax, despite state repeal
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UPS to cut 20,000 jobs, close some facilities as it reduces amount of Amazon shipments it handles
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Amazon is not planning to show added tariff costs next to its online product listings
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’Nowhere to turn’: Small businesses dependent on imports from China are feeling more desperate
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The Biz Week That Was: Local grocery taxes, crackdown on short-term rentals among the highlightsApr 26, 2025 1:44 pm - Lake Zurich among the latest communities to approve local grocery tax to replace expiring state measure Like dozens of other communities, Lake Zurich will replace th...
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What you need to know about the local grocery tax most suburbs are adoptingApr 26, 2025 1:15 pm - Four basic things to understand about the local grocery tax many suburbs are approving are how it came about, who’s in, who’s out, and to which products it really applies.
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Spencer’s brings novelty clothing, gift merch to new Algonquin Commons location Saturday
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Batavia’s Boardwalk Shops back with 10 new artisanal cabanas