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Amazon launches an online discount storefront to better compete with Shein and Temu

By HALELUYA HADERO
Nov 14, 2024 2:47 pm - Amazon has launched a low-cost online storefront featuring electronics, apparel and other products priced at under $20, an effort to compete with discount retailers that have increasingly encroached on the e-commerce giant’s turf.
Find treasures and unique wares at Geneva boutique

By Patricia MacMillan
Nov 13, 2024 10:54 am - Just as Dawn and Bill Muir’s new shop was picking up steam in July 2023, disaster struck. A fire — believed to be electrical — caused significant damage to their Geneva ...
‘We’re helping the community out’: Algonquin consignment store celebrates 20 years

By Michelle Meyer
Nov 12, 2024 11:13 am - Best Friend’s Consignment, at 3955 W. Algonquin Road, just west of Randall Road in Algonquin, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a store party last weekend. Throughout the store’s lifetime, owner Marianne Evans has seen the ups and downs of the resale industry while building a community along the way.
With opening of Macy’s, Randhurst hoping for retail ‘rebirth’

By Steve Zalusky
Nov 10, 2024 5:31 pm - Hundreds of shoppers lined up Saturday outside Randhurst Village shopping center in Mount Prospect, eager to be among the first to browse the aisles at the new Macy’s store.
Swiss chocolatier Läderach now open in Rosemont outlet mall

Daily Herald report
Nov 08, 2024 11:30 am - Premium Swiss chocolatier Läderach opened its 50th North American location Friday at Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont.
Rosemont Target reopens three weeks after suspected arson

By Christopher Placek
Nov 07, 2024 8:46 pm - The Rosemont Target reopened Thursday — three weeks after a fire that’s been labeled an arson by authorities.
Restaurants, other services still in grip of high inflation even as overall rate slows

By DAMIAN J. TROISE
Nov 07, 2024 7:39 am - While prices for most goods have been falling throughout the year, inflation for a wide range of services remains high. That has put a strain on consumers eating out, servicing their cars and paying for various kinds of insurance.
New Nothing Bundt Cakes opens in Bloomingdale

Submitted by Amy Lawler Good
Nov 05, 2024 3:50 pm - Bloomingdale’s new Nothing Bundt Cakes’ week-long celebration includes day to benefit Cal’s Angels, free Bundtlets for a Year giveaway and more
Many retailers offer ‘returnless refunds.’ Just don’t expect them to talk much about it

By HALELUYA HADERO
Nov 04, 2024 8:58 am - It’s one of the most under-publicized policies of some of the biggest U.S. retailers: sometimes they give customers full refunds and let them keep unwanted items too.
lululemon shop coming to Geneva Commons

Brenda Schory
Nov 03, 2024 8:09 am - Athletic wear retailer lululemon plans to open a pop-up store in the Geneva Commons shopping center, according to the company’s social media and a mall executive.

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