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Retailers Expected To Hire For The Holidays
CHICAGO (WBBM) – Retailers are forecasting enough business this Christmas shopping season that they’re hiring holiday help at levels not seen in at least four years. Newsradio 780′s Regine Schlesinger...
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Black Friday Shoppers Swarm Before Dawn
UPDATED 11/26/10 6:53 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) - On an average weekday morning, there isn’t much action to be found in downtown Chicago. A few travelers hauling suitcases will make their way toward the...
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Braun Seeks To Take Pulse Of Small Businesses
CHICAGO (WBBM) - Mayoral Candidate Carol Moseley Braun is spending much of this major shopping day visiting with retail merchants in various parts of the city. Braun tells WBBM Newsradio 780 Political...
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Holiday Retail Season May Be Best Ever
CHICAGO (CBS) – Retailers didn’t have high expectations this year, but as the holiday shopping season wraps up, they are on pace for the best sales since 2007. As CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli reports,...
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There’s A Run On Food, Shovels, Snow Blowers
CHICAGO (CBS) – With news that Chicago is due for one of the worst blizzards in recent memory, residents flooded grocery stores and retail outlets to buy food and snow-fighting tools. Nurse Jody...
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hhgregg Electronics Plans To Open Stores In Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) — Electronics retailer hhgregg plans to open at least 20 stores in the Chicago area beginning this fall, a company spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday. The expansion of the Indianapolis...
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New Shopping Festival Coming To Mag Mile
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Magnificent Mile is teeming with activity every day, but expect it to get even more intense this summer when a new festival debuts. CBS 2’s Kris Habermehl reports the Greater North...
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Concessions To Be Overhauled At O’Hare International Terminal
CHICAGO (CBS) — O’Hare International Airport is redeveloping the foodservice and retail operations in its international terminal, under a contract approved Thursday. The City Council approved an...
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‘Black Friday’ Deals Losing Allure For Shoppers
CHICAGO (CBS) — Shoppers will be cautious with their dollars this holiday season and are less likely to rush to door-buster sales on “Black Friday,” according to a new analysis. Nearly 9 in 10 shoppers...
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CTA Approves New Stores On Red Line
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Transit Board today approved three new leases for concession space on the Red Line. The new contracts bring the total number of leased spaces across the CTA system to 87....
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Local Retail Sales In Major Post-Holiday Slump
CHICAGO (CBS) — You may not see a lot of shopping activity on the Magnificent Mile these days. As WBBM Newsradio’s Brandis Friedman reports, retail experts say every year, shoppers splurge ahead of...
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Survive This Economy: How To Scour Clearance Racks
CHICAGO (CBS) — Many people wait until after the holidays to scour through winter clearance racks to save money. Sinora Wright knew that and had been doing it for years to clothe her four children....
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Lawmaker Wants To Ban Retail Receipts With Toxic Chemical
CHICAGO (CBS) — Did you know the retail receipt in your wallet may contain hazardous chemicals? Now there is a push to ban them in Illinois. CBS 2’s Roseanne Tellez talked with the legislator behind...
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Some Suburbs Reversing Retail Vacancies, Others Stumped
CHICAGO (CBS) — Everywhere you look, you see them: vacant shops in strip centers, empty store fronts in shopping malls. Shoppers in aurora spent nearly $5 billion in stores last year, but one retail...
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Roof Collapses At South Suburban Clothing Store
EVERGREEN PARK, Ill. (CBS) – A retail employee had a close shave Saturday when the roof of a clothing store caved in, moments after she left the building. By Saturday afternoon, the Casual Male store...
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Sports Retailer Takes Steps To Deter Flash Robberies
(CBS) – The Sports Authority retail chain is making changes to deter the type of robberies that have plagued Chicago-area stores. CBS 2’s Dorothy Tucker reports. In one surveillance video, a group of...
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Retailer Tries To Lure Consumers Through The Doors With Million-Dollar Giveaway
(CBS) – One national retailer offered an incredible chance to win a $1 million prize to one person in the first waves of shoppers on Black Friday. The catch: They had to come into the store. Old Navy...
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Switch To Safer ‘Chip’ Cards Not Happening Fast Enough For Some Consumers
(CBS) – For some shoppers, Christmas will be a lot safer this year. Banks are beginning to roll out the more secure “chip,” or EMV, cards, and some retailers are ready to accept them. But the...
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Retail ‘Snap Apps’ Offering Consumers Instant Buying Power
(CBS) – Starting Monday, you’ll have a new way to pay with your smartphone when Apple Pay officially launches. But today, deciding what to buy is already right at your fingertips. CBS 2’s Erin Kennedy...
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Best Time To Shop On Black Friday
Go shopping on Black Friday, and you may come home with bags overflowing with unbeatable deals. But is it worth the hassle of shopping instead of sleeping? What if you waited until later in the day to...
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