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Shoppers check out at a Wal-Mart Supercenter store in Springdale, Ark.

Consumers in good financial shape but spending cautiously: Discover exec

June 16, 2018 at 11:32 a.m.

Many consumers are in tip-top financial shape, but they're still cautious about spending, a Discover Financial executive said Wednesday. "From a personal balance sheet perspective, the consumer is in the...

Rosa Santiago sorts packages before loading them onto delivery trucks at the FedEx Express Station in New York.

Free shipping: A guide to retailers’ holiday deals

June 16, 2018 at 11:30 a.m.

When it comes to shoppers' favorite perks, free shipping crushes other services. Hassle-free returns, price matching and extended holiday hours are all less coveted by consumers than free shipping, according...

Pingpong clubs coming to Chicago

June 16, 2018 at 11:20 a.m.

A British table tennis club plans to open a location in Chicago in 2016. "Bounce Chicago, the first of several planned U.S. venues, will open in the spring of 2016,"...

State announces $3 million student loan settlement

June 16, 2018 at 11:44 a.m.

About 2,700 Illinois students will have $3 million in loans forgiven by a for-profit education company as part of a national settlement deal announced Monday. The U.S. Justice Department took...

Why Chicago’s smallest local bank felt it had to merge

June 16, 2018 at 11:59 a.m.

When it comes to bank service, Daniel Brandt thinks size matters — small size. Until September, Brandt ran what had been the Chicago area's smallest locally headquartered bank or thrift,...

Block 37 picks Trendy Sparrow for pop-up shop

June 16, 2018 at 11:47 a.m.

Online shop Trendy Sparrow is the winner of Block 37's second annual pop-up shop contest, giving the Chicago business free bricks-and-mortar space this holiday season to sell what it touts...

Macy’s considering redeveloping State Street store

June 16, 2018 at 11:47 a.m.

Macy's State Street store, a symbol of commerce in downtown Chicago for more than 100 years, could be undergoing more change. Nine years after the Marshall Field's name on the...

Fox’s to open downtown Chicago store

June 16, 2018 at 11:58 a.m.

Fox's, a retailer that bills itself as a "designer off-price" merchant, plans to open a store at the southwest corner of State and Madison streets in downtown Chicago. The Fox's...

Products exempt from the tax, according to the city's website, include Pedialyte, Gatorade, vitaminwater, Perrier, seltzer water, club soda and tonic water.

Sparkling water from Walgreens was wrongly taxed

June 16, 2018 at 11:50 a.m.

Walgreens, which has mistakenly been charging a Chicago bottled-water tax on sparkling water sales that are supposed to be exempt, said it has "corrected the issue." "Our stores are charging...

Nationwide Insurance to raise Illinois auto rates by 1.9 percent overall

June 16, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.

More than 6,800 Nationwide Insurance policyholders in Illinois will see their car insurance rates rise by an average of 1.9 percent in February, according to a filing with the Illinois...

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