Retail and Shopping
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Lisle's Wild Birds Unlimited feeds birders' hobbyNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - Does anybody else remember The Nature Company? The retailer had a store at Oakbrook Center in the 1990s. It was a fun place to look around, like a shop you'd find in a n...
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Sears Hometown & Outlet launches new websitesNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - Business Wire HOFFMAN ESTATES - Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores recently expanded its capabilities as an e-commerce retailer with the launch of three new e-commerce web...
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Algonquin coffee shop creates community gathering spaceNov 06, 2016 10:00 pm - When Daily Projects Café and Eatery first opened along the Randall Road corridor in Algonquin earlier this year, its owners hoped it would become a hot spot for communit...
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Suburban secondhand stores grow with the thrill of the huntNov 06, 2016 6:45 am - Suburban secondhand stores grow with promise of unexpected treasures, a murky economy and a desire to be green
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FTD Companies names interim CEONov 04, 2016 1:00 am - DOWNERS GROVE - Christopher W. Shean has been appointed interim President and Chief Executive Officer of FTD Companies Inc, replacing Robert S. Apatoff, who has stepped ...
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How Cubs championship hats get to your store so fast
Nov 03, 2016 1:00 am - The moment Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant scooped up the ball and chucked it over to first for the final out of the 2016 World Series, workers 300 miles east of ...
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Cubs fans snapping up World Series championship gearNov 03, 2016 1:00 am - Thousands of Cubs fans celebrated the team's historic World Series win by rushing out to buy World Series Champion caps, T-shirts and other gear Thursday at stores acros...
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Ulta to open in Hoffman EstatesNov 02, 2016 1:00 am - Bolingbrook-based Ulta Beauty will open a new store at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at Poplar Creek Crossing, 2600 New Sutton Road in Hoffman Estates. The store will include...
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Sears in Oak Brook, elsewhere to be downsizedNov 02, 2016 1:00 am - Sears Holdings Corp. said its Oak Brook store is among a dozen stores nationwide set to be reduced by half with their auto centers eliminated or changed into just ap...
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Busload of shopkeepers visits Algonquin resale storesOct 30, 2016 11:00 pm - A busload of resale and thrift shop owners descended upon three stores near the Randall Road corridor this month to get an idea of how they run their successful business...