Retail and Shopping
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‘The Button Man’: Artist brings new art installation to Fashion Outlets in RosemontOct 09, 2024 11:53 am - You’d expect there to be buttons sewn to the clothes for sale within the stores at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago. But tons of the tiny fasteners also can be found in the corridors of the Rosemont mall — part of the new art exhibition “Button-Up, Button Down.”
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Mixology classes coming to downtown Arlington HeightsOct 07, 2024 10:56 pm - A combination upscale liquor store and mixology classroom planned in downtown Arlington Heights received liquor licenses from the village board Monday night.
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What is Daiso? Japanese discounter coming to Crystal Lake with more suburban stores planned
Oct 07, 2024 7:55 am - Crystal Lake and Oswego will be home to a unique retail store early next year, as Japanese discount store Daiso will be occupying the shuttered BuyBuy Baby property, becoming one of the first in the state and the Midwest.
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Retailers have no room for error this holiday
Oct 06, 2024 7:00 am - With interest rates lower, inflation collapsing and wages rising faster than prices, there’s potential for a very happy holiday for U.S. retailers. But it’s not time to c...
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Starbucks buys research farms as climate change threatens coffee supply
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Amazon, Target and other retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday shopping seasonOct 03, 2024 7:30 am - Retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday season, but fewer seasonal employees are expected to be taken on this year to help customers in stores and assemble online...
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Wayfair outlet opening in NapervilleOct 02, 2024 4:07 pm - Wayfair, a popular online home furnishings retailer, is opening a new outlet center in Naperville Thursday.
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Abercrombie & Fitch joins wave of new business coming to downtown NapervilleOct 01, 2024 6:43 pm - National clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch will take the space once occupied by Ulta Beauty on Washington Street in downtown Naperville.
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Arlington Heights grocery store reopening with new European deliOct 01, 2024 12:07 pm - Closed for a little more than a year, Harvest Fresh Market in Arlington Heights is set to reopen under new ownership, who plan to restock the produce and grocery aisles and make some new additions.
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A dockworkers strike could shut down East and Gulf ports. Will it affect holiday shopping?
Sep 30, 2024 12:58 pm - NEW YORK — U.S. ports from Maine to Texas could shut down Tuesday if a union representing about 45,000 dockworkers carries through with a threatened strike. A lengthy shu...