Retail and Shopping
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Yorktown Center to get Dave & Buster’s, new restaurantsDec 28, 2023 7:02 am - A Dave & Buster’s entertainment complex is slated to open at Yorktown Center in the coming year, along with a string of new restaurants in and around the Lombard mall. Na...
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Americans ramped up spending during the holidays despite some financial anxiety and higher costsDec 26, 2023 10:30 am - Holiday sales rose this year and spending remained resilient during the shopping season even with Americans wrestling with higher prices in some areas and other financial...
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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
Dec 21, 2023 6:59 am - NEW YORK — You found the perfect holiday gift online. You ordered it. A notification arrived on your phone, showing the package had arrived. But when you open your doors,...
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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
Dec 19, 2023 2:05 pm - Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the s...
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Retailers are improving their delivery speeds, meaning good news for late holiday shoppers
Dec 19, 2023 8:12 am - NEW YORK — Haven’t ordered any of your holiday gifts yet? Well, you might find solace in discovering some of America’s biggest retailers are working to increase their shi...
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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
Dec 18, 2023 8:30 am - NEW YORK (AP) — The promise of self-checkout was alluring: Customers could avoid long lines by scanning and bagging their own items, workers could be freed of doing those...