Retail and Shopping
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Grocery chains are bigger than ever. Here’s a look at the market.Sep 29, 2024 6:00 am - Tom Thumb in Plano, Texas. Star Market in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Pavilions in Newport Beach, California. Jewel-Osco in Arlington Heights. What do these regional groce...
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Before you sign up for a store credit card, know what you’re getting into
Sep 29, 2024 5:29 am - NEW YORK — When Mykail James was 19 and working a holiday job at Victoria's Secret, she took out a store credit card with a $2,000 credit line. When her school break was...
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Suburbs shouldn’t impose their own grocery taxesSep 29, 2024 5:13 am - Gov. JB Pritzker attempted some political theater this spring when he and the General Assembly eliminated the statewide grocery tax. It was a hollow victory for taxpayers.
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RetroDomestic brings retro flair to LisleSep 26, 2024 5:42 pm - RetroDomestic has come to Maison Russe with a brilliant mix of antique, vintage, and retro wares.
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Remodeled Hanover Park Caputo’s Fresh Market to hold grand reopening SaturdaySep 26, 2024 4:12 pm - Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Markets in Hanover Park will be showing off its more than $3 million remodel during a grand reopening celebration from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
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US economy grew at a solid 3% rate last quarter, government says in final estimate
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‘Time for a transformation’: How Stratford Square Mall would become ‘The Grove’Sep 25, 2024 12:26 pm - The site of the defunct Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale is envisioned as “The Grove,” a world away from big department stores and everything else you associate with bunker-like shopping centers.
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New Arlington Heights antique shop offers curiosities, oddities and plenty of kitschSep 24, 2024 1:11 pm - Inspired by her uncle’s love of collecting, Sarese Hranicka has operated Uncle Lee’s Closet shop within antique malls in Elgin, Woodstock and Madison, Wisconsin, for the last decade. Now, she’s ready to formally grand open a multi-vendor vintage shop of her own — Arlington Heights Antiques — this weekend.
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American consumers are feeling less confident as concerns about jobs take center stage
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The Fed sees its inflation fight as a success. Will the public eventually agree?