Sales Check - Chicago

8/24/10

New Playground For Chicago Cyclists

Pedal On
Trek Bicycle Store (1925 Skokie Hwy., Highland Park; 847-433-8735, trekhp.com) is more than just another bike depot. The recently revamped 8,500-square-feet shop carries the Retul System...

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8/17/10

Local Lifestyle Company Expands

The Art of Be.ing
Lifelong friends Alison Smetana and Linda Horwitz have always shared an interest in the power of positive thinking...

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8/10/10

Designer Consignment Shop Relocates in Lincoln Park

Bidding Wars
EDrop-Off (773-525-7467, shopedropoff.com), one of the largest luxury eBay drop-off stores, relocated its brick and mortar location to 2117 North Halsted Street last month...

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8/3/10

Kathryn Kerrigan Opens in Bucktown

Super Shoes
Three years after launching her first brick-and-mortar location in Libertyville, the designer Kathryn Kerrigan is offering her vintage-couture inspired shoes in Chicago...

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7/27/10

Orange Beautiful Opens in Ravenswood

Pretty Paper
Orange Beautiful Studio and Shop (4658 N. Damen Ave., 773-975-3570, orangebeautiful.com), a new stationery boutique in Ravenswood, features the work of its owner Emily H. Martin...

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7/20/10

Little Green Baby Revamps

Starting from Scratch
When Kim Sledgister purchased the environmentally friendly shop Little Green Baby (4654 N. Rockwell St.; 773-505-2066, mylittlegreenbaby.com) from Kim Gayeski in March, she decided to make it her own...

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7/13/10

Former Jake Owners Reemerge in 900 Shops

Favorite Finds
When Lance Lawson and Jim Wetzel closed their popular boutique, Jake (939 N. Rush St.), in April, they planned to open a pop-up store this past spring and a concept store in the fall of 2010...

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7/6/10

New Women’s Boutique In Oak Park

Inspiration for everyone
When Heather Anderson set out to launch Muse (106 N. Marion St., Oak Park; 708-948-7052, museoakpark.com), she sought to create a contemporary “lifestyle store” for all budgets...

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6/29/10

Designer Opens Shop in Ukrainian Village

Store by Les
Lesley Timpe, the owner of a popular five-year old clothing and hat line called Squasht by Les, says her decision to extend the online and wholesale business by opening a retail operation was spontaneous...

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6/23/10

New Women's Boutique in Boystown

His—and now hers
Last year, Marc Engel, the creator of the recently closed Oak Street boutique Chasalla, opened CRAM Fashion (3331 N. Broadway St.; 773-477-1737, cramchicago.com), a small, affordable clothing and accessories shop in Boystown...

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