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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Best Buy to Close Deerfield Store

Businesses continue to leave Deerbrook Mall.

Deerfield’s Best Buy store at the Deerbrook Mall is among the 50 the company will be closing throughout the country including six in the Chicago area, according to a report today in the Chicago Tribune. No closing date has been set. With today’s announcement, Best Buy becomes the second major store to shutter its Deerbrook location in the last three months after Wonder! closed in February. Businesses in the vicinity of Waukegan and Lake Cook Roads have been particularly hard hit with Woodfire Chicken going out of business two weeks ago. Part of the blame for the Woodfire closing was put on the extensive construction last year on Lake Cook Road, according to the property’s landlord Charles Ifergan. With the construction returning in 2013, …

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11:04 am on Saturday, April 21, 2012

Deerbrook mall needs to be revamped. The last time I was there I went into TJMAX and stil cannot believe how that mall can survive being empty inside. Its finall time to figure out an ecomonical way to revamp that mall.   more ›

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Patch Picks: Top 5 Reasons To Shop Local

Come into town to mark Small Business Saturday Nov. 26.

You might still be planning your Thanksgiving dinner, but the retailers in our community have a second event to plan for this weekend. Right between Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to supporting small businesses on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. Shopping small, advocates say, is good for your community. For every $100 spent in locally-owned, independent stores, $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll and other expenditures, according to small business advocacy group The 3/50 Project. Following are a few more reasons for get off the computer and into town. 1. Rely on an expert In addition to the personal service local businesses offer, Northbrook Chamber of Commerce…

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