Retail and Shopping
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Walgreens sells its Alliance Healthcare businessesJun 01, 2021 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. Wednesday announced it has completed the sale of its Alliance Healthcare businesses to AmerisourceBergen for about $6.5 billion...
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Shoppers go back to stores, but retailers face challenges
May 31, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Americans are going back to one of their favorite pastimes: store shopping. With more people getting vaccinated and dropping their face masks, retailers from ...
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Good News Sunday: Wheaton's new electric bike shop is on a rollMay 30, 2021 7:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: A husband and wife took a long road trip...
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Millennial Money: Set your strategy for Memorial Day sales
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Glen Ellyn's Re:new Project does it again with a new leather Trapezio ToteMay 24, 2021 11:00 pm - For over 10 years, in a modish workshop off Main Street in Glen Ellyn, Re:new Project has been like the little engine that could, cranking out trendy one-of-a-kind produ...
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5 ways to help small businesses recover from the pandemic
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How Hoarders Trading Post in St. Charles became a top seller of used and rare recordsMay 21, 2021 6:00 am - Russell Martens was excited about the prospect of his new business, Hoarders Trading Post, when it opened on the east side of St. Charles two years ago. He felt his asso...
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Aurora Downtown gives $40K in small business grantsMay 20, 2021 11:00 pm - Aurora Downtown approved small business grants totaling nearly $40,000 this week. The announcement serves as a bellwether that downtown businesses are ready for post-pan...
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Stop by Thursday Night Art Market on Water StreetMay 20, 2021 11:00 pm - Batavia MainStreet has teamed up with Water Street Studios to host the Thursday Night Art Market on the fourth Thursday of each month in May through October from 6 to 9 ...
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In season: Where - and when - to find local farmers marketsMay 20, 2021 6:00 am - If you wanted to, you could visit a farmers market every day of the week. That's what we learned when we decided to sort our list of suburban farmers markets by day, not...