Retail and Shopping
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Now's the time to use post-holiday sales to treat yourselfJan 27, 2019 5:00 am - Much like Santa, you spent this holiday season delivering gifts to your family members and friends. But now that the flurry of tinsel and wrapping paper has settled, it'...
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Total revamp for Fox Valley Mall area? Public discussions to beginJan 23, 2019 4:28 am - Could an Aurora agenda item sound any drier: a public hearing "to consider the revisions to Aurora's Comprehensive Plan to change the land use designation for the proper...
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Lampert's $5.2B Sears deal gets backing from Bank of America, CyrusJan 18, 2019 12:00 am - Eddie Lampert's ESL Investments Inc. will finance its winning $5.2 billion bid to salvage Sears Holdings Corp. in part with $850 million from a new asset-based loan, acc...
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The nicest Sears you've ever seen isn't owned by Sears
Jan 18, 2019 12:00 am - You walk into a shiny, new two-floor Sears store in a buzzing, bright shopping center in one of the world's busiest cities, passing designer garb encased in pink LED lig...
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Editorial: We're rooting for Sears to come back from the brinkJan 17, 2019 10:00 pm - Sears chairman Eddie Lampert has ensured that the company's stores will live to fight another day. By bidding a reported $5.2 billion, he prevailed in the bankruptcy auc...
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'This is good news for us': Hoffman Estates relieved by Sears Holdings' survivalJan 16, 2019 12:00 am - Hoffman Estates officials were delighted Wednesday with the success of Sears Holdings Chairman Eddie Lampert's bid to save the bankrupt company that's been headquartered...
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Commentary: Here's what Eddie Lampert should do with Sears nowJan 16, 2019 12:00 am - Sears Holdings Corp. will stay out of the retailing graveyard for a bit longer. Eddie Lampert, the company's chairman and major shareholder, prevailed in a bankruptcy au...
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Learning Express Toys is moving to new spaceJan 13, 2019 10:00 pm - By spring, the Learning Express Toys store in Geneva Commons will have a new home with nearby space for hosting more outdoor events for children and their families. The ...
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Geneva officials don't regret cutting down trees along RandallJan 08, 2019 10:00 pm - You can't really categorize it as "controversial," or even a "heated" topic. You don't do that when a city council passes something without much push-back. But it was en...
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Dry Goods to open in Deer ParkJan 08, 2019 12:00 am - DEER PARK - Dry Goods specialty store will open its ninth Illinois location in March 2019 at Deer Park Town Center in Deer Park. Final preparations are underway to achi...