Retail and Shopping
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Star Wars meets Pokemon Go for Force Friday
Aug 26, 2017 7:16 am - Disney is harnessing all of its media might to make the next Star Wars movie the biggest film of the year, employing augmented reality and social media in a global campa...
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KD Market opening Mount Prospect store Saturday in former Dominick'sAug 25, 2017 5:30 am - KD Market is opening its fourth grocery store Saturday morning in the Golf Plaza II shopping center at Golf and Elmhurst roads in Mount Prospect in a spot long ago vacat...
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Gurnee Mills reveals first look at planned renovationsAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - Gurnee Mills on Thursday revealed the first renderings of a planned $6 million renovation of the mall's interior that will begin in September. The renovations, partially...
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New Lombard Mariano's building sells for $20MAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - A couple days after Mariano's opened in Lombard, the building leased to the grocery store has been sold to a private investor for $20 million. Brokers from Mid-America R...
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Gordy's Quick Mart to open in St. CharlesAug 23, 2017 11:00 pm - Amazon gets a lot of attention in the retail world these days, and it deserves it. The company has competitors sweating over its ability to dominate the e-commerce space...
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St. Charles gas station could be first in city allowed to sell liquorAug 23, 2017 1:00 am - Just a few weeks after making liquor sales legal at gas stations, St. Charles aldermen are poised to approve the first such business to begin those sales. If the plan mo...
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Schaumburg approves first tattoo businessAug 22, 2017 1:00 am - A U.S. Marine from Addison who in the spring fought for Schaumburg to allow tattoo businesses now will open the very first in the village by mid-September. Schaumburg tr...
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Geneva Commons to upgrade its outdoor spaceAug 20, 2017 11:00 pm - Geneva Commons to upgrade its outdoor space to lure customers to just hang out
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Americans are buying more food at Walmart
Aug 20, 2017 7:17 am - Competition is heating up among U.S. grocery chains, but Americans are increasingly buying their food at Walmart. The retailer on Thursday said food sales had grown to t...
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New Starbucks open on Randall Road in ElginAug 13, 2017 11:00 pm - Just in time for those in need of a caffeine fix in the midst of the back-to-school mayhem, or those looking for an afternoon pick-me-up, a new Starbucks is open along t...