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Moving beyond COVID: How Schaumburg hopes to keep meeting demands of businesses

By Eric Peterson
Jun 28, 2024 8:31 am - The suburbs’ largest hub of economic activity is implementing a new three-year economic development strategic plan designed to help it build upon its status in a post-pandemic world that’s affected some of its traditional strengths.
Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures easing further

By PAUL WISEMAN
Jun 28, 2024 8:31 am - A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve suggests that inflation pressures in the U.S. economy are continuing to ease.
‘Enchanting fusion’ of apartments, retail pitched for Block A in downtown Lake Zurich

By Mick Zawislak
Jun 20, 2024 12:53 pm - The second proposal in two weeks for a mix of apartments and retail uses for the same spot in downtown Lake Zurich has surfaced.
‘Buying back their childhood’: Younger people are getting into antiques, giving new life to vintage wares

By Amanda Marrazzo
Jun 19, 2024 10:44 am - Amy and Jason Diesel of McHenry are in their 30s and among a growing number of “younger” folks who routinely buy antiques, those in the business say. The married couple s...
Plan to turn old Rolling Meadows Sam’s Club into Asian-focused ‘lifestyle center’ could get green light

By Christopher Placek
Jun 18, 2024 6:37 am - Elected officials in Rolling Meadows will vote Tuesday on a plan that would transform a long-vacant Sam’s Club into what’s being billed as an Asian-focused lifestyle center of restaurants, shops and entertainment.
Legos resale store opening in Algonquin; ‘passion project’ for McHenry family

By Michelle Meyer
Jun 18, 2024 11:33 am - Thousands of Lego kits, pieces and miniature figures fill up the shelves at the new Bricks and Minifigs store in Algonquin owned by McHenry-based couple Julie and Todd Krater.
Bike shops boomed early in the pandemic. It’s been a bumpy ride for most ever since

By MAE ANDERSON
Jun 16, 2024 8:50 am - For the nation’s bicycle shops, the past few years have probably felt like the business version of the Tour de France, with numerous twists and turns testing their endurance.
Pedaling uphill: Ingenuity, adaptability have made the difference for suburban bike shops since the pandemic

By Eric Peterson
Jun 16, 2024 8:34 am - The inventory and service demands that accompanied the pandemic’s sudden surge of interest in cycling sent suburban bike shops pedaling uphill on an already 4-year-long journey that hasn’t yet seen a downhill coast to 2019 market norms.
‘A lounge, but for candy’: New gaming-themed candy store opens in West Dundee

By Rick West
Jun 17, 2024 10:41 am - West Dundee husband and wife Bill Platt and Michelle Wright are opening Candy Quest, a gaming-themed candy store, in West Dundee.
U.S. inflation cooled in May in sign that price pressures may be easing

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jun 12, 2024 7:54 am - WASHINGTON — Inflation in the United States eased last month in a hopeful sign that a pickup in prices that occurred early this year may have passed. The trend, if it hol...

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