Retail and Shopping
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What the codes on your Portillo's bag meanOct 03, 2016 1:00 am - The unique symbols on each Portillo's bag are clues to a special language understood by all employees of the chain. Besides the unique food codes, items are placed in sp...
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Innovations coming; but don't worry: Portillo's won't mess with drive-throughOct 03, 2016 1:00 am - An efficiency expert might have a bone to pick with Portillo's. Consider that each food order is still written in pencil on the back of a white paper bag, a throwback to...
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Woodfield Mall Goes More Than Pink with Susan G. KomenOct 02, 2016 11:00 pm - Woodfield Mall, one of the largest shopping destinations in the United States with nearly 300 retail stores, today announced the second year of a national engagement wit...
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Sears, Claire's at high risk in Fitch study of retail failuresSep 28, 2016 1:00 am - Sears Holdings, Claire's Stores and Nine West Holdings are among seven chains at high risk of defaulting within a year as shoppers shift to online merchants and spen...
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Fuller's Car Wash coming to ElginSep 25, 2016 11:00 pm - Just in time to wash all of the impending salt and slush off your vehicle, a new car wash is set to open along the Randall Road corridor this fall. Fuller's Car Wash...
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Nordstrom Rack opens Friday in RosemontSep 25, 2016 1:00 am - Nordstrom Rack will host a grand opening event Friday morning at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago, where it will become one of the Rosemont mall's anchor tenants. At 8 a.m...
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For EBay CEO, beating Amazon means trying not to be Amazon
Sep 24, 2016 7:18 am - EBay Chief Executive Officer Devin Wenig took the stage in a Las Vegas convention center with arms raised like a prize fighter after winning a stunning upset. This was t...
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Claire's reaches accord with HSBC, salvaging turnaround planSep 20, 2016 1:00 am - Claire's Stores, the Hoffman Estates-based retailer owned by Apollo Global Management, reached agreement with a key lender on its credit line, allowing the company's sta...
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Sears to close 2 more stores, 64 Kmarts by DecemberSep 19, 2016 1:00 am - Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings plans to close another 64 Kmart stores by mid-December and will start liquidation sales Thursday. These 64 Kmart stores are in add...
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Inland sells Naperville's Freedom Commons propertySep 19, 2016 1:00 am - Oak Brook-based Inland Private Capital Corp. said Monday that it sold Freedom Commons in Naperville for an undisclosed amount. Freedom Commons, at 1703-1847 Freedom Driv...