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The H2O Plus plant in the West Loop will close, and its headquarters will move to San Francisco.

H2O Plus leaving Chicago for San Francisco

June 15, 2018 at 1:50 p.m.

Skin care brand H2O Plus plans to relocate its headquarters from Chicago to San Francisco and close its West Loop manufacturing plant to focus on freshening its image, the company...

Kit and Ace to open in Fulton Market

June 16, 2018 at 4:53 p.m.

Kit and Ace, the Canadian purveyor of machine-washable cashmere, plans to open its first Chicago store late this summer in Fulton Market. The upscale casual retailer, which has opened 18...

Rick Bower is the inaugural director of warehousing at PharmaCann in Dwight, Ill. He worked for 31 years at commercial printing giant RR Donnelley.

Illinois’ medical marijuana businesses are hiring

June 15, 2018 at 1:29 p.m.

As Illinois' fledgling marijuana industry slowly gets underway, some companies have begun hiring in anticipation of opening in the coming months, attracting a diverse set of candidates willing to take...

Planned layoffs in Illinois top 2,000 jobs

June 16, 2018 at 4:50 p.m.

Janitorial company We Clean Maintenance and Supplies plans to lay off 540 workers next month after losing a job cleaning Chicago Public Schools. Aramark, which last year took over cleaning...

Lia Sophia, a direct-sales jewelry company, said in December that it was shutting down.

Lia Sophia lawsuit alleges broken promises

June 15, 2018 at 2:31 p.m.

Lia Sophia, a direct-sales jewelry company that announced in December that it was shutting down, is the target of a lawsuit alleging the company refuses to honor its lifetime guarantee...

People celebrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington after its historic decision on gay marriage June 26, 2015.

What does marriage equality mean for the workplace?

June 16, 2018 at 4:59 p.m.

What does marriage equality mean for the workplace? For administrators of employee benefits, it clarifies a process that had been made complicated by a patchwork of same-sex marriage laws. Before...

Fulton market landmarking moves forward minus one big condo building

June 15, 2018 at 2:21 p.m.

A controversial plan to landmark the Fulton Market meatpacking district cleared the City Council's buildings committee Thursday, with one large building removed from the district at the alderman's request. The...

Wabash Lights designers launch Kickstarter campaign

May 25, 2019 at 12:59 p.m.

Plans for colorful interactive lighting on the underside of the Wabash Avenue elevated tracks took a step forward this week with the launch of a Kickstarter campaign to test the...

Shoes dangle from lines in a window display at the BucketFeet store inside Block 37.

BucketFeet lands $3 million from Wintrust

February 18, 2020 at 1:17 a.m.

Footwear brand BucketFeet raised $3 million in venture debt from Wintrust Ventures, the new innovation-focused business unit from Rosemont-based commercial bank Wintrust Financial, the companies said. Chicago-based BucketFeet, which creates...

Cashier Kiara Robertson puts groceries for Claudius and Marlene Facey in reusable plastic bags June 15, 2015, at a Walmart store on South Ashland Avenue. Walmart is testing the reusable bags ahead of the Aug. 1 date for the city ban on thin plastic bags.

The result of Chicago plastic bag ban: Shopping bags to be sturdier

June 15, 2018 at 2:54 p.m.

When Chicago's plastic bag ban kicks in Aug. 1, many shoppers accustomed to carting groceries home in those ubiquitous plastic bags will instead walk away with ... nicer plastic bags....

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