Retail and Shopping
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End of an icon: 136-year-old Zimmer Hardware in Palatine closesMay 06, 2019 5:00 am - Remembered for a certain charm that included its legendary basement and the kind of odds and ends typically not found at big retailers, a suburban hardware store has clo...
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Ikea asks startups to design life beyond flat-pack furniture
May 04, 2019 6:19 am - Sankarshan Murthy sinks into a sofa at Ikea's conference center in the sleepy town of Almhult in southern Sweden. The former Tesla and Apple engineer is jet-lagged after...
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Lululemon sold women on $100 leggings. Now it's coming after men, with $68 boxers.
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Here's how to get the most out of online reviews
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Walmart experiments with AI to monitor stores in real time
Apr 25, 2019 7:00 am - LEVITTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Who's minding the store? In the not-too-distant future it could be cameras and sensors that can tell almost instantly when bruised bananas need to...
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A taste of Napa: New owners mark one year at The Wine Exchange in St. CharlesApr 23, 2019 11:00 pm - From their vantage point as 10-year members of The Wine Exchange in St. Charles, Bob Sommer and his wife, Keri Foster, had a pretty good idea what they wanted to do with...
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Sears closing catches Oak Brook off guardApr 23, 2019 1:00 am - The decision to close the recently downsized Sears store in Oakbrook Center caught village officials off guard, Oak Brook Village President Gopal Lamalani said Tuesday, ...
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Relive history of Marshall Field's at April 25 programApr 18, 2019 11:00 pm - It's Macy's now, but for many, it will forever be Marshall Field's. Explore the history of the iconic Chicago department store with Sarah Sullivan, McHenry County Colle...
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Aurora resale shop grows as people declutter livesApr 18, 2019 1:00 am - Decluttering your life has become "the thing" recently, thanks primarily to Netflix celebrity and organization expert Marie Kondo. But Aurora business owner Teri Case ca...
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Sears estate sues Lampert, saying he stripped retailer's assets
Apr 18, 2019 1:00 am - The bankrupt estate of Sears Holdings Corp. sued Eddie Lampert and his hedge fund ESL Investments Inc., claiming they wrongly transferred $2 billion of company assets be...