Retail and Shopping
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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...
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Retail sales rise 0.3% in November as Americans hit gas, not brakes on shopping, travel, restaurantsDec 15, 2023 3:28 pm - NEW YORK — Americans picked up their spending from October to November unexpectedly as the unofficial holiday season kicked off, underscoring the power of shoppers despit...
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Deer Park to allow video gambling -- but only at one businessDec 15, 2023 11:26 am - For the first time since they were legalized in Illinois, video gambling machines will be allowed in Deer Park -- but only at a local bowling alley. The village board on ...
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Dom’s Kitchen & Market looks to Vernon Hills as first suburban locationDec 15, 2023 11:01 am - A familiar name in the grocery business and in Vernon Hills wants to return with a new style and offerings tailored to a much different time and consumer habits. The con...
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5 questions that can help guide your holiday tippingDec 15, 2023 6:56 am - Service workers help make our lives easier throughout the year — whether it’s by keeping our lawns immaculate or babysitting during date nights. The holidays are an ideal...
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How to hit a home run when gift shopping for the kids on your listDec 07, 2023 5:00 am - Ah, the Christmas season, the lights, the chestnuts roasting on open fires, the chill in the air, the Salvation Army bells, Frosty and Charlie Brown and Jimmy Stewart an...
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BBB warning: Watch out for holiday delivery scams and 'porch pirate' theftDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - Consumers recently wrapped up a holiday weekend of intense online shopping, so their new purchases will be arriving soon, at least that's what they assume. The Better B...
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Just in the Nick of Time Market returns Dec. 9Dec 04, 2023 10:00 pm - Noon Whistle Brewing and the Streetz Artz Alliance will be hosting the Just in the Nick of Time Market on Saturday, Dec. 9. It will take place indoors from 1 to 6 p.m. a...
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For thrift shoppers, the Goodwill Outlet in Romeoville is must-see
Dec 01, 2023 12:00 am - Goodwill Industries has opened its first outlet store in the greater Chicago area in Romeoville. The outlet, located at 1343 Enterprise Drive, opened Nov. 15. "The openi...
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Hoffman Estates skeptical of hopping into rabbit regulationsNov 30, 2023 4:30 am - Hoffman Estates officials were all ears this week during a spirited debate between representatives of animal rescues and the owner of a pet store over whether more regul...