Navy Exchange Burkey Mall — Local services in North Chicago

I think the Navy Exchange at Burkey Mall is an excellent department store. Electronics, clothes, shoes, home goods, tools, pet supplies, kitchen wares, etc. They will match any price you can find locally. I just bought a Nikon D5600 camera kit, inclusive of two lenses (18-55mm & 70-300mm) They had it on sale for a fantastic price, but I found it online at a local big box store for a few dollars less and they matched it...no problem! That's not the first time I've asked them to price match and they always do. Currently (2/15/20) the store is undergoing a major transformation and the layout is the best its ever been. I especially like how they've moved the electronics department from the room in the southeast corner of the store to the back of the store along the west wall. Much more open space and easier to move about. Tons of sale items can be found now in what was the electronics room and all about the store, as well. Here's a ton of pics that I just took which are very representative of what you can expect to find. Based on the no-tax sales you'll benefit from and the fact that they will absolutely price match things you can buy elsewhere, locally, shopping here is...

It has been many years since I last shopped this NEX. Our first year after bootcamp we were here for a year. 16 years ago. I've been from coast to coast, N. to S. and have shopped them all. The entire area has changed. It's like a ghost town with everything either boarded up and out of business but with the few that remain, it seems they won't be around much longer. The housing over here was getting renovated and looking at it now, I believe some of the housing is used for section 8. The NEX shelves are bare. Pandemic? Maybe, maybe not. Times are tough and it feels very sad to know what used to be busy and thriving is nearly a shell of what was. The few employees aren't looking too thrilled to be at work, but who can really blame them. Our military has been depleted over the years, closing bases all over the US, and that was all done by desig, was it not. I'm being let go due to higher tenure in 2 weeks. 4 years and could have had retirement, but again, that isn't what the military is about anymore. Started here and came...

Came here to get our tickets August 29th ... the people are friendly, security was on point , no ID ... no tickets ... not a problem till after we got our tickets .. I lost my ID in the department store and someone was nice enough to turn it in .. so on Friday morning I was freaking out because I had to have my ID with my ticket to get into graduation ceremony hall ... we came here and a lady at the door recognize me before I could ask anything about my ID ... she said " I think I may have your ID " what's your last name ... I told her and she said yes we have your ID ... what an amazing feeling to be recognized by someone you have never meet ... got my ID .. thank them all for being helpful ... spent 5 days in the area .. came back to this location for more shopping after the graduation ... hope to be doing some more traveling here in the area ... I look forward to shopping here again ... Thank you...