Retail and Shopping
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Lavender shop opens in downtown GenevaJul 12, 2017 11:00 pm - New Geneva shop offers variety of products made from this versatile plant
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Gymboree to close 16 Illinois storesJul 11, 2017 11:00 pm - Gymboree, a children's clothing retailer, said it is closing 350 stores, including 16 Illinois locations. The store closings include some of its sister stores — Jani...
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True Value considers sale, could fetch about $800 millionJul 11, 2017 1:00 am - True Value Co. is considering a sale that could value the home-improvement store chain at about $800 million, according to people familiar with the matter. The Chic...
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Prospective tenant for Gurnee Mills drops outJul 10, 2017 1:00 am - Gurnee's plan to give Gurnee Mills $1 million in public money to help pay for the $6 million renovation of the mall's interior had to be altered Monday night because one...
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Woodfield Mall reveals look of new dining pavilionJul 10, 2017 1:00 am - Woodfield Mall officials released renderings and a time frame Monday for a planned 820-seat dining pavilion first announced in January at a Schaumburg Business Associati...
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Sears to close 43 more storesJul 07, 2017 1:00 am - Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. will close 43 more Sears and Kmart stores across the country as part of the struggling retailer's push to return to profitabil...
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Burdeen's Jewelry of Buffalo Grove to expand 50 percentJul 07, 2017 1:00 am - Burdeen's Jewelry in Buffalo Grove is undergoing an expansion which will result in a 50 percent increase in space by November, just four years after becoming a free-...
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Remodeled Elgin Walmart to hold ribbon cuttingJul 06, 2017 1:00 am - ELGIN - The Walmart at 1100 S. Randall Road will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the store's remodeling at 8 a.m. today. The remodeled store includes a new look a...
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Sidewalk Sale Fun Days begin Thursday in BarringtonJul 03, 2017 1:00 am - Barrington's Sidewalk Sale Fun Days shopping extravaganza will begin Thursday. Running through Saturday, July 8, Barrington's downtown merchants will have their wares av...
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Camping World to reopen 57 Gander Mountain storesJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - LINCOLNSHIRE - Camping World Holdings said Friday it will reopen 57 Gander Mountain and Overton stores it acquired in a bankruptcy auction earlier this year. Only one Il...