The cash register, a century-old iconic fixture in retailing, is starting to go the way of typewriters and rotary phones. A lot of stores are now using mobile checkout devices to speed up the process. Sales people are no long anchored to a cash register. Retailers acros the country are rolling out mobile checkout devices [...]
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Mobile Checkout Devices Started at Apple Store; Now Cash Registers Are Being Removed Across the Nation
Published Friday March 22 2013 10:36 am.
What’s Open on Thanksgiving 2012 Near Arlington Heights: Dominick’s, Jewel, Mariano’s, Sears, Woodfield
Published Thursday November 22 2012 6:15 am.
THANKSGIVING NOVEMBER 22, 2012 Dominick’s OPEN THANKSGIVING 325 E. Palatine Rd. 6 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Jewel-Osco OPEN THANKSGIVING 1860 S. Arlington Heights Road 5 a.m.-4 p.m. Jewel-Osco OPEN THANKSGIVING 122 N. Vail Avenue 6 a.m.-4 p.m. Jewel-Osco OPEN THANKSGIVING 440 East Rand Road 5 a.m.-4 p.m. Mariano’s OPEN THANKSGIVING 802 East Northwest Highway 6 [...]
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Shop Small Business Saturday: Support Your Local Small Business Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Published Monday November 19 2012 9:33 pm.
Small Business Saturday is an American shopping holiday held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving . Founded by American Express, the first Small Business Saturday was celebrated on November 27, 2010. Black Friday for big box retail. Small Business Saturday for small business. Cyber Monday for online e-commerce purchases. See also … facebook.com/SmallBusinessSaturday americanexpress.com/us/small-business/Shop-Small
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Window Shopping With Interactive Displays; A Partial Way of the Future
Published Tuesday January 31 2012 6:01 pm.
Window shopping the 21st century way. And if researchers at the have their way, this is how we will soon make purchases at the mall. Smart phones will soon display near field communication — an impressive sounding way to make purchases with your phone. Maybe something like this will happen some day, but it won’t [...]
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Snow Removal Compared at Dominick’s, Jewel, Mariano’s and Trader Joe’s
Published Monday December 06 2010 2:53 pm.
Jewel-Osco at 122 North Vail Avenue shopping cart corral in poor shape compared to other stores in the same time period about the noon hour Saturday. After the first significant snowfall for Arlington Heights, Jewel-Osco at 122 North Vail Avenue showed significantly poorer snow removal at one of its shopping cart corrals compared to other [...]
The Sports Authority Opens August 6 at Randhurst Village
Published Tuesday August 03 2010 9:47 pm.
The Sports Authority, coming soon at 1033 N Elmhurst Rd in Mount Prospect has plans to open on Friday, August 6, 2010. The building faces west toward Elmhurst Road, just south of Bed, Bath and Beyond. The new sports store is basically a move from the old Arlington Heights location on Rand Road just West [...]
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FOXNews Live from Woodfield in Schaumburg: Village Debt Blamed on Sales Tax Slump
Published Saturday November 28 2009 8:50 am.
FOXNews television crews and reporter Steve Brown at Woodfield Mall about 9:45 a.m. covering sales slump/municipal property tax report. For years the village doesn’t charge property tax because it has relied on sales tax, especially from Woodfield Mall. A shopping slump is blamed for a deficit over $17.5 million that could lead to a municipal [...]
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My Town Card: Consumer Discount Program Announced by Chamber of Commerce
Published Sunday November 15 2009 4:26 pm.
My Town – Arlington Heights is a locally developed economic stimulus and consumer discount program that provides exclusive access to on-line offers, discounts, and incentives from Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce chamber member businesses. Residents can enroll and access online coupons and start saving at the Chamber of Commerce of Arlington Heights website at www.arlingtonhtschamber.com [...]
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Amazon.com Same-Day Delivery Coming to Chicago
Published Friday October 16 2009 4:22 am.
Amazon.com announced Thursday that it will offer a same-day delivery service to customers, through an option called “Local Express Delivery”. The new shipping option offers customers same-day delivery in seven major cities including New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Seattle and Washington D.C. The service will be extended to Chicago, Indianapolis and Phoenix in [...]
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Barely October: Toys ‘R’ Us Announces 2009 Holiday Toy List, Christmas Trees Up at Home Depot
Published Thursday October 01 2009 4:23 pm.
According to Toy ‘R’ Us, Quality and Value matter: Value has two components: what consumers pay for an item and what they get for that price. Toys that last for years to come and provide open-ended play are among the most sought-after items during the holiday season. With thousands of toys to choose from, Toys”R”Us [...]
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Garage Sales, Yard Sales, Arlington Heights, Northwest Suburbs
Published Saturday June 06 2009 8:48 am.
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Woodfield Black Friday: Deals and Info for Woodfield Mall on the Friday After Thanksgiving
Published Wednesday November 26 2008 5:35 pm.
THE FOLLOWING STORES OPENING AS EARLY AS 5 A.M.
AEROPOSTALE, AERIE, AMERICAN EAGLE, A|X ARMANI EXCHANGE, BATH AND BODY WORKS, …
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