Retail and Shopping
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To keep nonmembers out, Costco turns to scanners and photo IDs
Aug 09, 2024 1:42 pm - It’s going to get harder for Costco shoppers to share their membership cards. Costco will soon require all customers to scan the bar code or QR code associated with their...
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Building on an idea: Pieceful Project opens second Lego, game store in Cary
Aug 08, 2024 1:14 pm - Jessica Stetson for years considered the kind of store she wanted to open, but it was the application for the McHenry Riverwalk Shoppes that finally got her to make it ha...
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How Palatine plans to jump start development near Dundee Road and Route 53Aug 06, 2024 2:30 pm - Palatine is hoping to spur commercial development along Dundee Road between Baldwin Road and Route 53 with a new TIF District approved Monday by the village board.
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‘Everything was gone’: Burglars tunnel through stores to steal $1.5M in jewelry from WoodfieldAug 05, 2024 9:22 pm - In what appeared to be a calculated crime, burglars cut through the walls of multiple stores overnight to get into Marquise Jewelry in Schaumburg and steal merchandise worth $1.5 million.
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Boar’s Head expands recall to include 7 million more pounds of deli meats tied to listeria outbreak
Jul 31, 2024 11:31 am - The popular deli meat company Boar's Head is recalling an additional 7 million pounds of ready-to-eat products made at a Virginia plant as an investigation into a deadly ...
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‘Be You’ Rock Hunt returns to downtown St. Charles with more prizesJul 30, 2024 11:04 am - The St. Charles Business Alliance’s “Be You” Rock Hunt on Aug. 9 allows participants a chance to win a bag of gifts from local businesses valued at more than $30.
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Huntley Village Board postpones vote on strip mall
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Burlington Stores moving Arlington Heights locationJul 30, 2024 7:29 am - Burlington Stores is moving into a new location in Arlington Heights this fall, company officials announced.
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McDonald’s sales fall in first since 2020 as traffic drops
Jul 29, 2024 11:19 am - McDonald’s Corp. sales declined for the first time since 2020, falling short of analyst expectations for modest growth but avoiding a bigger decline than feared by invest...
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Out with the old: Demolition work signals progress for two Naperville projectsJul 28, 2024 7:46 pm - If you’ve driven by Route 59 and Aurora Avenue or along East Chicago Street, you’ve probably noticed something missing from the landscape. Demolition crews are making way for two new developments in Naperville.