In 2001, Tom and Connie Jacob were witnessing too many friends with longtime corporate careers lose their jobs. At the time, Connie was working for a medical firm as a sales coordinator and Tom was an ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X The store, which has been in the Exton Square Mall since 2012, is returning to the place where it originally started ...

Laurie and Nooralis Kherani weren’t sure exactly what to expect when they agreed to a 15-month lease for the opening of their Learning Express Toys store in downtown Clarendon Hills. That deal was ...

Learning Express Toys, the nation’s largest educational toy retailer, will open a store at 12619 Shelbyville Road in Eastgate Shopping Center Sept. 11. Owner Linda Newhouse, a mother of two, plans a ...