Retail and Shopping
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Procrastinators in focus for retailers as the holiday season shopping nears the finish line
Dec 22, 2023 7:51 am - NEW YORK — Retailers are stepping up sales and other enticements in the final days before Christmas to lure shoppers who've been waiting for the best deals, or who didn’t...
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Were your holiday deliveries stolen? What to know about porch piracy and what you can do about it
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More U.S. auto buyers are turning to hybrids as sales of electric vehicles slowDec 21, 2023 6:41 am - DETROIT — America’s automakers have staked their futures on the notion that electric vehicles will dominate sales in the coming years, spurred by buyers determined to red...
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Developers in Crystal Lake plan to replace Bed Bath & Beyond with Sierra and Burlington
Dec 20, 2023 6:00 am - A Burlington and a Sierra Trading Post could replace the closed Bed Bath & Beyond on Route 14 in Crystal Lake. The Crystal Lake Planning and Zoning Commission approved th...
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Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlement
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Retailers are improving their delivery speeds, meaning good news for late holiday shoppers
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Bloomingdale Chamber hosts a Parade of Gingerbread HousesDec 18, 2023 10:07 pm - The Bloomingdale Chamber of Commerce’s “Parade of Gingerbread Houses” continues through Jan. 8, 2024. Twenty local businesses and nonprofits display their gingerbread ho...
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Love it or hate it, self-checkout is here to stay. But it's going through a reckoning
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Retail sales rise 0.3% in November as Americans hit gas, not brakes on shopping, travel, restaurantsDec 15, 2023 3:28 pm - NEW YORK — Americans picked up their spending from October to November unexpectedly as the unofficial holiday season kicked off, underscoring the power of shoppers despit...
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Deer Park to allow video gambling -- but only at one businessDec 15, 2023 11:26 am - For the first time since they were legalized in Illinois, video gambling machines will be allowed in Deer Park -- but only at a local bowling alley. The village board on ...