Retail and Shopping
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Legos resale store opening in Algonquin; ‘passion project’ for McHenry family
Jun 17, 2024 2:06 pm - Thousands of Lego kits, pieces and miniature figures fill up the shelves at the new Bricks and Minifigs store in Algonquin owned by McHenry-based couple Julie and Todd Krater.
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Bike shops boomed early in the pandemic. It’s been a bumpy ride for most ever since
Jun 16, 2024 5:58 am - For the nation’s bicycle shops, the past few years have probably felt like the business version of the Tour de France, with numerous twists and turns testing their endurance.
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Pedaling uphill: Ingenuity, adaptability have made the difference for suburban bike shops since the pandemicJun 16, 2024 5:44 am - The inventory and service demands that accompanied the pandemic’s sudden surge of interest in cycling sent suburban bike shops pedaling uphill on an already 4-year-long journey that hasn’t yet seen a downhill coast to 2019 market norms.
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‘A lounge, but for candy’: New gaming-themed candy store opens in West DundeeJun 14, 2024 11:25 am - West Dundee husband and wife Bill Platt and Michelle Wright are opening Candy Quest, a gaming-themed candy store, in West Dundee.
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U.S. inflation cooled in May in sign that price pressures may be easing
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Retailers are finally cutting prices. Will it last?
Jun 11, 2024 11:31 am - Consumers have been waiting for lower prices for what seems like forever. And now costs are finally going down. (Some of them, at least.) After a yearslong run up in pric...
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Zombies: Ranks of world's most debt-hobbled companies are soaring, and not all will survive
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Restaurants, retail, pickleball all part of plan for area near Charlestowne Mall
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Food Shed Co-op in Woodstock plans grand opening celebrationJun 03, 2024 5:32 pm - Food Shed Co-op recently opened the doors to their community owned grocery store in Woodstock. The opening day ribbon-cutting event, with music and brief words from co-op and community leaders, was well attended.
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Crate-free pork is on the rise in some Illinois grocery chains, but not everywhereMay 31, 2024 11:58 pm - When you pick up fresh pork chops from behind the glass at Mariano’s, you can be sure the product came from a farm that does not use gestation crates — metal enclosures s...