The Art of the Retail Mix

How Oakbrook Center chooses the brands that shape the guest experience By Hinsdale Magazine Group Staff | Photos courtesy of Oakbrook Center Walk through Oakbrook Center on any given weekend, and it’s easy to assume a new store simply filled a vacant space. But that’s rarely how it works. Behind every store, restaurant or pop-up…

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The Tournament That Almost Wasn’t

Torrential rains threatened to wash away the 1987 Western Open until Oak Brook Golf Club answered the call There’s a plaque near the entrance of Oak Brook Golf Club, half-hidden amongst garden foliage, that states in part “a triumph over threatened disaster.”     The commemorative marker is a way of thanking the OBGC, explaining that…

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