Small Biz Trends

AUGUST 15, 2022

The average gas price is currently 10 cents less than one week ago and 62 cents lower than one month ago, but still 77 cents shy from the $ 3.184 price tag a year ago. Illinois 4.277 4.76 Gas Prices Go Down Again This Week. 63 Straight Days of Price Drop. Delaware 3.884 4.377 4.639 4.855. Florida 3.641 4.061 4.385 4.824. 4.276 4.755.

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Retail Adventures

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This display at a Taste of Benedicts & More in Crystal Lake, Illinois is different every time we visit, and we visit a lot. Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Illinois taps into two trends here: Selfie stations and green walls. This giant pink dude that greeted us is a puppet. If you have room for a full-time selfie wall, go for it!

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Retail Adventures

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Charles, Illinois became our new home. Tag us at @(your Insta handle), include the hashtag # __ and you could win __.” The Little Traveler in Geneva, Illinois reminds us that shopping in a brick and mortar store is way more fun than sitting behind a computer. Sadly, most of these retailers won’t be in it in the long run.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 21, 2022

According to the company, by the end of 2021 there were 23 stores in operation, including 10 in California, six in Illinois, three in Washington state and one each in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The flagship location debuted in September 2020, in a former Toys ‘R’ Us location in Woodland Hills, Calif.

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Wiser

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Shelf talkers are paper, plastic, or cardboard tags that are attached to the shelf near where its products are displayed. One great use of interactive displays comes from Illinois-based outdoor sports retailer Champaign Outdoors. Another approach to creating attention-grabbing displays is to take seasonal influences into consideration.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Winning in Omnichannel Rauch also talked about how Walgreens has changed its e-commerce strategy, closing a direct-to-consumer distribution center in Illinois and switching to a hub and spoke system using its 9,000 stores as distribution hubs.

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