Closings

It must be a bad year for a lot of national chains. Just like Walmart and David's Bridal, Best Buy just announced a ton of store closures and Illinois made the list.

The rumor mill is swirling about the possible closure of Sweet Basil Cafe in Rockford, Illinois.

Mary's Market has been forced to close their Edgebrook location for several months, but here's how we can help get it reopened sooner.

On Sunday, the Sears store at Woodfield in Schaumberg closed their doors to customers for the very last time.

The pandemic and a personal tragedy have forced the owner of Board & Brush in Roscoe to permanently close at the end of October.

As Joe Dredge pointed out in his post yesterday, the last remaining Sears store in Illinois is closing. Their Schaumberg store, Illinois' last open Sears, is done in November.

No matter how you look at it, 35 percent is a huge number of small businesses that have either temporarily or permanently closed their doors because of COVID-19.

Alchemy and Legacy, the two restaurants inside Giovanni’s Convention Center will be closed temporarily beginning today.

After 27 years in Rockford, Laser Quest has put down their lasers and closed their doors for good.

What happens when you mix big budget shortfalls and a pandemic? You get an organization that has to make some tough calls to stay afloat.