Retail and Shopping
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St. Charles Spring Shop Crawl offers deals, specials at 19 local businessesApr 04, 2025 10:38 pm - The 2025 St. Charles Spring Shop Crawl invites shoppers to visit 19 local businesses offering deals and promotions April 12-13. Shop and scan codes to enter a grand prize drawing.
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Kids can collect eggs, take photos at Long Grove Bunny HopApr 03, 2025 1:27 pm - The Long Grove Bunny Hop will return April 19 to the village’s historic downtown. Families can take photos with the Easter Bunny, collect eggs at different booths and stops throughout the village and explore fire trucks.
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‘This market has high potential’: Round Lake Beach shopping center sold, redevelopment plannedMar 31, 2025 10:27 am - Round Lake Beach officials for the second time in recent weeks have announced planned reinvestments by out-of-town developers in a key commercial corridor.
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Kroger blames Albertsons for merger’s demise in new court filings
Mar 25, 2025 1:58 pm - Kroger is denying Albertsons’ claims that it didn’t do enough to ensure regulatory approval of the companies’ planned supermarket merger. In court papers filed Tuesday in the Delaware Court of Chancery, Kroger said Albertsons disregarded the companies’ merger agreement and worked secretly with a partner, C&S Wholesalers, to try to force Kroger to divest more stores to C&S.
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Consumer confidence is sliding as Americans’ view of their financial futures slumps to a 12-year low
Mar 25, 2025 1:27 pm - U.S. consumer confidence continued its sharp 2025 decline as Americans’ views about their financial futures slumped to a 12-year low, driven by rising anxiety over tariffs and inflation.
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Shop artisan and handmade products at Spring Fling Art Market at Itasca breweryMar 25, 2025 12:30 pm - Shake off the winter blues and dive headfirst into creativity at the Spring Fling Art Market, returning to Church Street Brewing Company in Itasca from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 29.
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Americans increased spending tepidly last month as anxiety over the economy takes hold
Mar 17, 2025 1:36 pm - U.S. shoppers stepped up their spending just a bit in February after a sharp pullback the previous month, signaling that Americans are shopping more cautiously as concerns about the direction of the economy mount.
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'Danish Viking blood is boiling.' Danes boycott US goods with fervor as others in Europe do so too
Mar 17, 2025 12:57 pm - Ivan Hansen, a retired Danish police officer, loaded up his basket at the supermarket, carefully checking each product to avoid buying anything made in the United States. No more Coca-Cola, no more California Zinfandel wine or almonds.
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Carnivore’s paradise: Wild Fork opens Buffalo Grove locationMar 13, 2025 1:51 pm - Minutes after Wild Fork opened its Buffalo Grove location Wednesday morning, customers began filling their baskets with meat.
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Better Business Bureau offers tips on how to avoid wedding scammersMar 12, 2025 7:50 am - As wedding season begins, don’t let con artists, substandard wedding vendors or online scams steal your wedding joy, the Better Business Bureau warns.