Retail and Shopping
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Why you're using your chip card at some stores and not at others
Feb 13, 2016 10:00 pm - If you're like many shoppers, you've had a momentary blip of confusion — or maybe several of them — at a checkout counter lately. That's because some stores have outfitt...
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Schaumburg Legoland adds new features, movie experienceFeb 12, 2016 12:00 am - Change is afoot in the land of Lego in Schaumburg. The home of more than 5 million tiny plastic bricks, Legoland Discovery Center closed for four days of demolition and...
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Downtown Naperville parking satisfaction drops as shoppers perceive 'hassle'Feb 12, 2016 12:00 am - Satisfaction with downtown parking in Naperville is at its lowest point in 15 years, according to a report recently released to downtown advisory commission members. Sat...
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Gurnee trying again to revive East Grand AvenueFeb 09, 2016 4:00 am - An international nonprofit organization might provide ideas to Gurnee on how to revitalize the Grand Avenue business corridor east of Route 41. Village board trustees Mo...
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Dania Furniture in Algonquin to close in MarchFeb 09, 2016 12:00 am - An anchor store in the Galleria of Algonquin shopping center along the Randall Road will close this spring. The Dania Furniture store at 1621 S. Randall Road is going ou...
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Concerns raised about Rand Road plan in Lake ZurichFeb 03, 2016 4:30 am - Veteran Lake Zurich developer John Alan Sfire will return to an advisory village panel this month as he seeks approval for a retail center and gasoline station proposed ...
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Sixth Street School's absence leaves a gap in downtown GenevaFeb 02, 2016 12:00 am - Is it just me, or does anyone else have to refocus a bit on where they are when driving in the area that once housed Sixth Street School in Geneva? The school was demoli...
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Batavia author shares tales of awkward dates in new bookFeb 02, 2016 12:00 am - Just in time for Valentine's Day, a locally-based author whose new book is drawing national attention will be speaking at a bookstore along the Randall Road corridor thi...
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PayPal targets millennial shoppers with 'easy payment' plans
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Thrift shop celebrates grand re-opening in SchauburgJan 30, 2016 12:00 am - The grand reopening Saturday at the Shelter Inc. thrift shop in Schaumburg went off without missing a beat as patrons looking for bargains or to donate to a good cause f...