Small Business
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Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban
Dec 31, 2024 3:38 pm - A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to help them grow their business. Desiree Hill, owner of Crow...
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‘A concert for your senses — in your car’: Drive Well Auto Spa offers self-care with a washDec 31, 2024 12:03 pm - The new Drive Well Auto Spa in Mount Prospect adds images, music and aromatherapy to a conventional car wash.
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Geneva’s Niche gets $40K ARPA grant for expansion, renovation
Dec 30, 2024 8:26 am - Niche, at 14 S. Third St., Geneva, is looking to expand into the neighboring space at 12 S. Third St., a currently closed retail space, to create its own boutique to complement the restaurant.
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‘It just kind of took off’: Passion for acai bowls leads to successful business for Libertyville nativeDec 30, 2024 8:20 am - Lolo’s Bowls, a family business that has been operating in Libertyville since 2019, recently opened a second location in Lake Zurich.
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The Biz Week That Was: Auto repair shop closes, referendum on development and more among the highlightsDec 29, 2024 5:22 am - Palatine auto and tire repair shop dating back to 1946 to close at year’s end The vintage brick building conjures memories of classic roadside auto repair shops. The...
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Bidding adieu to suburban businesses that closed in 2024Dec 29, 2024 5:08 am - Patrons bid farewell to neighborhood haunts, chain eateries, mom-and-pop operations, longtime community staples and shuttered shopping malls that were among a slew of business closures in the suburbs this year. Here, we mark the demise of a sampling of those ventures, some of which left lingering memories in the hearts of their loyal customers.
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Palatine auto and tire repair shop dating back to 1946 to close at year’s endDec 26, 2024 3:44 pm - A Palatine auto and tire repair shop will close its doors for good at the end of the year.
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Seleta Scents candle, gift shop leaves Woodstock’s Old Courthouse incubator, moves to Arlington Heights
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Former Aurora hospital building reopens as caféDec 23, 2024 11:41 am - The 136-year-old original Copley Hospital building in Aurora has reopened as a neighborhood eatery.
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Family bringing Hacienda Real restaurant to former Chili’s site in Vernon HillsDec 23, 2024 7:15 am - Hacienda Real, a family-owned Mexican-themed restaurant with locations in Geneva and Yorkville, plans to open this spring in the former Chili’s Grill and Bar in Vernon Hills.