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A truck driver stands in the delivery bay of the Jel Sert Co. on April 3, 2020 in West Chicago. Six workers at the facility tested positive for COVID-19.

Powdered drink maker Jel Sert shutters temporarily after six workers test positive for COVID-19

April 6, 2020 at 3:52 p.m.

The Jel Sert Co., the maker of powdered drinks and foods such as Wyler's, Hi-C and Flavor Aid, has temporarily shuttered its manufacturing division in West Chicago after six employees...

A sign stating the store is closed is posted at MaxMara on Michigan Avenue.

See a nonessential business staying open? Even your own employer? Chicago wants you to call 311.

April 2, 2020 at 4:43 p.m.

Chicago's 311 system is used to getting complaints about potholes, rats and burned-out streetlights. Now Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants to use it to investigate businesses that are open during the...

Chroma K8 Salon owner Kate Jotzat poses for a photograph at her salon on March 26, 2020, in Chicago. Jotzat had to close her business on March 14 because of COVID-19, or coronavirus, and hopes to receive low-interest loans to prevent permanent closure.

Illinois small businesses scramble for grants, loans to endure coronavirus. ‘We’re pursuing everything because we need it.’

March 27, 2020 at 12:04 p.m.

Like many boutique hotel owners in Chicago, Bedderman Lodging is in crisis mode. The Chicago-based company has shuttered the 21-room Wheelhouse Hotel near Wrigley Field and the 52-room FieldHouse Jones...

Mario Gonzalez prepares whole-grain flatbread Dec. 18, 2006, at a Cosi restaurant in Lincolnshire. On Feb. 25, 2020, the chain filed for bankruptcy protection.

After closing 30 stores, sandwich chain Cosi files for bankruptcy with plans to grow its catering business

February 25, 2020 at 5:59 p.m.

Beleaguered coffee and sandwich chain Cosi filed for bankruptcy, the second time in less than five years as it said it looks for a buyer. The restaurant chain, which is...

Citadel founder Ken Griffin is seen Nov. 5, 2014 outside its offices in Chicago. Griffin and his partners at hedge fund Citadel and Citadel Securities have contributed $7.5 million to coronoavirus relief efforts in China's central Hubei province.

Ken Griffin’s team at Citadel to give $7.5 million to aid coronavirus relief in China

February 4, 2020 at 7:30 a.m.

Ken Griffin and his partners at hedge fund Citadel and Citadel Securities have contributed $7.5 million to relief efforts in China's central Hubei province, hardest hit by the escalating coronavirus....

Signs show a going-out-of-business sale Jan. 29, 2020, at Papyrus on South LaSalle Street in Chicago. The greeting card chain is closing all 254 of its stores after seeking bankruptcy protection in mid-January.

Retailers like Pier 1, Papyrus and Express are closing 1,000 stores. That’s just the beginning.

February 3, 2020 at 4:16 p.m.

The 10,800 stores closed by retailers last year wasn't enough: just one month into 2020, they have announced plans to close 1,000 more. "It's sad, there are a lot of...

Maurice Cox, Chicago commissioner of Planning and Development, is leading the Invest South/West initiative aimed at revitalizing economically distressed areas. Fifth Third Bank announced Jan. 27, 2020 that it will invest about $20 million into qualified opportunity zones identified by the initiative.

Fifth Third Bank chips in $20 million toward plan to transform Chicago’s South, West sides

January 27, 2020 at 3:53 p.m.

Fifth Third Bank has signed onto Mayor Lori Lightfoot's campaign to transform business districts on the city's South and West sides. The bank announced Monday it will invest about $20...

Makeup artist Amelia Washington applies makeup at the Fashion Fair cosmetics counter at the former Carson's store at North Riverside Park Mall on July 16, 2014.

Fashion Fair Cosmetics, once queen of black beauty, is planning a comeback — but it will have to face Rihanna, rivals and social media realities

January 21, 2020 at 7:57 a.m.

Growing up in Trinidad in the '80s, Patrice Grell Yursik remembers her mother smoothing on Fashion Fair face powder and popping the pink compact into her purse before leaving for...

"Working From_ Fulton Market" is the Hoxton Hotel's new co-working space.

Chicago could get more than 50 new co-working spaces this year. New perks — child care, yoga, blow-outs, beer — are part of the arms race for nice spaces.

January 7, 2020 at 3:02 p.m.

Shaniqua Davis is a seasoned co-worker — but not in the traditional sense, working alongside fellow employees or shooting the breeze at the office water cooler. Davis, 29, is the...

Jessica Salasek, of Naperville, sits among her pile of Christmas gifts in her Naperville home on Nov. 24, 2019. Salasek was finished with her Christmas shopping by early November and now only has to wrap the gifts.

‘No deal is worth getting up at 4:30.’ Some Chicago moms scorn Black Friday doorbusters — they’ve already checked off everything on their gift lists.

November 26, 2019 at 3:12 p.m.

Michelle Argento doesn't consider herself particularly organized — she describes herself as "Type B." But when it comes to Christmas shopping, she's focused, efficient and disciplined. How focused? She was...

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