Norton’s USA

Specialties

Selling everything from doorstops to raincoats. Housewares, Cookware, Bakeware, Glassware, Dinnerware, Cutlery, Kitchen Supplies, Men’s, Women’s and Infant Clothing. Toys, Jewelry & Accessories, Garden Gloves & Tools, Food, Stationery, Blankets, Baby Gifts, Dog & Cat Supplies, Soaps & Lotions, Tools, Christmas Cards & Ornaments, Halloween Decorations, Easter Decorations and Flags and Patriotic Décor

History

Established in 2007.

I always wanted to open a retail store. My children tease me that my family didn’t play store with me enough when I was a child. In 2003, I had the very good fortune to play the role of Barbara Ehrenreich in the stage adaptation of her book, «Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America» at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. While researching and rehearsing for the play, I realized that most of our manufacturing had gone offshore. I knew that we had lost a lot of manufacturing to China, but I hadn’t realized how much and that most of our consumer goods had left along with the jobs that employed so many Americans. I needed to do something positive, so I started researching what goods were still made in America and I kept a list. Then one day as I was driving through Barrington, I saw that my favorite building, an old livery barn, was for sale and as they say, the rest is history! It took my brother and I six months to get the building fixed up and on June 13^th, 2007 I opened.

Meet the Business Owner

Deborah L.

Business Owner

Graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Fashion Designer turned Graphic Designer turned Actress. Now owner and proprietor of Norton’s U.S.A.