Retail and Shopping
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‘Buying back their childhood’: Younger people are getting into antiques, giving new life to vintage wares
Jun 19, 2024 9:43 am - Amy and Jason Diesel of McHenry are in their 30s and among a growing number of “younger” folks who routinely buy antiques, those in the business say. The married couple s...
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Plan to turn old Rolling Meadows Sam’s Club into Asian-focused ‘lifestyle center’ could get green lightJun 17, 2024 6:32 pm - Elected officials in Rolling Meadows will vote Tuesday on a plan that would transform a long-vacant Sam’s Club into what’s being billed as an Asian-focused lifestyle center of restaurants, shops and entertainment.
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Legos resale store opening in Algonquin; ‘passion project’ for McHenry family
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Bike shops boomed early in the pandemic. It’s been a bumpy ride for most ever since
Jun 16, 2024 5:58 am - For the nation’s bicycle shops, the past few years have probably felt like the business version of the Tour de France, with numerous twists and turns testing their endurance.
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Pedaling uphill: Ingenuity, adaptability have made the difference for suburban bike shops since the pandemicJun 16, 2024 5:44 am - The inventory and service demands that accompanied the pandemic’s sudden surge of interest in cycling sent suburban bike shops pedaling uphill on an already 4-year-long journey that hasn’t yet seen a downhill coast to 2019 market norms.
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‘A lounge, but for candy’: New gaming-themed candy store opens in West DundeeJun 14, 2024 11:25 am - West Dundee husband and wife Bill Platt and Michelle Wright are opening Candy Quest, a gaming-themed candy store, in West Dundee.
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U.S. inflation cooled in May in sign that price pressures may be easing
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Retailers are finally cutting prices. Will it last?
Jun 11, 2024 11:31 am - Consumers have been waiting for lower prices for what seems like forever. And now costs are finally going down. (Some of them, at least.) After a yearslong run up in pric...
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Zombies: Ranks of world's most debt-hobbled companies are soaring, and not all will survive
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Restaurants, retail, pickleball all part of plan for area near Charlestowne Mall