Retail and Shopping
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Create a personalized gift at Color Me MineDec 06, 2015 10:00 pm - If you're into giving something this holiday season with a little more personal touch, there are several spots up and down the Randall Road corridor where you can create...
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What the weather makes you buy
Dec 06, 2015 5:12 am - As the weather turns chillier, and some areas of the country experience the year's first freezing drizzle or dusting of snow, people's buying habits tend to change, some...
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Poor neighborhoods struggle without supermarketsDec 06, 2015 12:00 am - ST. LOUIS - As part of Michelle Obama's healthy eating initiative, a group of major food retailers promised in 2011 to open or expand 1,500 grocery or convenience stores...
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Amazon reveals a new prototype of one of its delivery dronesDec 05, 2015 5:41 am - Almost exactly two years after announcing its plans to deliver packages with a drone, Amazon revealed a new prototype of one of its delivery drones. Amazon's prototype ...
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Amazon drone delivery could wind up being the anti-CostcoDec 05, 2015 5:41 am - By now, you've probably heard that Amazon has unveiled a new type of delivery drone. It looks nothing like the little octocopter the company debuted two years ago. And i...
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Nordstrom Rack will open fall 2016 at Rosemont mallDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - Nordstrom Rack will open at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont in fall 2016, store officials announced. The approximately 28,000-square-foot store will join Bloo...
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Buffalo Grove to meet with Jewel about vacant Dominick's siteDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - Buffalo Grove representatives will meet within the next week with the president of Jewel-Osco regarding the grocery chain's plans for the former Dominick's store at Lake...
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Owner seeking tenant for long-vacant Naperville storeDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - The long-vacant former Kmart and Menards at Ogden and Jefferson avenues in Naperville almost became a bowling alley and almost became an Asian grocery store, the propert...
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Schaumburg zoning board recommends allowing handgun sales at Dick'sDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - A plan that would allow handgun sales in a new Field & Stream and Dick's Sporting Goods combo store planned for the Streets of Woodfield shopping center was recommended ...
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Carpentersville cautious on new TIF districtsDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - Carpentersville is one step closer to creating new special taxing districts, but trustees want to move forward cautiously. Dozens of residents filled the village board r...