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A shopper walks past mannequins displayed last month at a Gap store in New York.

Survey: Shoppers plan to spend more this holiday

June 17, 2018 at 5:55 a.m.

The average holiday shopper expects to spend $804.42 this season, up 5 percent from $767.27 last year, and plans to do a record 44.4 percent of shopping online, according to...

Counting only stable retail workers — defined as employees who work at a company for three months of a calendar quarter — the career is far more lucrative, a report from the National Retail Federation said.

Retail group’s report aims to counter wage ‘misperceptions’

June 18, 2018 at 7:35 a.m.

During a week in which its incoming chairman has been quoted asserting that retailers should pay higher wages, the National Retail Federation moved to combat "misperceptions" that retail jobs pay...

Macy’s to open at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving

August 18, 2019 at 12:50 p.m.

Black Friday is continuing its creep earlier into Thanksgiving Day, with Macy's opening its doors at prime turkey-coma time.Macy's plans to open at 6 p.m. Thanksgiving, two hours earlier than...

Ample crude supply continues to push down gas prices

August 22, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.

Gas prices are falling in Chicago and across the country thanks to ample supplies of crude oil and, some analysts say, a looming price war among oil-producing countries in the...

A United Parcel Service (UPS) truck in San Francisco, California.

UPS boosts seasonal hiring in Chicago area

June 17, 2018 at 6:44 a.m.

UPS plans to hire 4,000 seasonal workers in the Chicago area this holiday season, almost 20 percent more than last year, to help with a big increase in deliveries from...

Jordan-brand-only Flight 23 store coming to Chicago

June 18, 2018 at 7:59 a.m.

Forever 21 will leave a big footprint at 34 S. State St. when it finishes moving to its new location a few doors north, but big shoes are set to...

Holiday sales forecast is a mixed bag

June 18, 2018 at 7:41 a.m.

As Halloween candy piles up in stores, Christmas retail sales forecasts have started coming in, and they present a mixed bag. The National Retail Federation said Tuesday that it expects...

If the AMC movie theater complex arrives at Block 37, the Loop will get its first commercial movie theater since the 1980s, said John Vance of Stone Real Estate, who isn't involved in the deal.

Dine-in movie theater coming to Block 37 retail center in Loop

June 18, 2018 at 11:21 a.m.

Block 37 has signed a lease with AMC Theatres to bring an 11-screen dine-in movie theater to the State Street mall, a key development that should help draw shoppers to...

Block 37 at 108 N. State St. in Chicago has a signed a deal with AMC Theaters to bring an 11 screen dine-in movie theater to the State Street Mall.

Dine-in movie theater coming to Block 37

June 17, 2018 at 6:50 a.m.

Block 37 has signed a lease with AMC Theaters to bring an 11-screen dine-in movie theater to the State Street mall, a key development that should help draw shoppers to...

South Side hat shop a throwback gem

June 18, 2018 at 7:47 a.m.

"You have to know how to wear a hat," Bernard Shannon said. Shannon, owner of Bernard's Wear at 9017 S. Commercial Ave., was wearing a beige applejack cap angled over...

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