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Murphy Oil to expand gas stations to Midwest Walmarts

December 25, 2018 at 12:37 p.m.

Murphy Oil Corp., an Arkansas-based oil and gas producer and retailer, said Wednesday that it plans to build fueling stations in more than 200 Walmart Supercenters throughout the Midwest and...

Specialty toy retailers betting on a good year

December 25, 2018 at 11:22 a.m.

Nancy Stanek is used to predictions of her toy shops' demise. In the 1970s, catalogs were expected to be the death of her Toys et Cetera stores. Then it was...

Retail monitor trims forecast for holiday sales

December 25, 2018 at 11:12 a.m.

Retailers are expected to rack up fewer sales than originally predicted this holiday season, ShopperTrak reported Wednesday.The Chicago-based consultancy has lowered its holiday sales forecast to gains of 2.5 percent,...

Ann Lurie pulls funding from ‘forever project’ in Africa

November 3, 2021 at 4:21 p.m.

Philanthropist and investor Ann Lurie has withdrawn her support from the Africa Infectious Disease Clinics, a 48-bed clinic that serves the Masai native population in and around the southeast Kenyan...

Ann Lurie pulls funding from ‘forever project’ in Africa

December 24, 2018 at 12:58 p.m.

Philanthropist and investor Ann Lurie has withdrawn her support from the Africa Infectious Disease Clinics, a 48-bed clinic that serves the Masai native population in and around the southeast Kenyan...

Covering the holiday retail `be-all-end-all’

May 9, 2019 at 9:23 a.m.

In retail, the holiday shopping season is like the Super Bowl, except that it goes on for weeks. As the Tribune's retail reporter, it's my job to capture the trends:...

Covering the holiday retail `be-all-end-all’

November 2, 2021 at 8:20 a.m.

In retail, the holiday shopping season is like the Super Bowl, except that it goes on for weeks. As the Tribune's retail reporter, it's my job to capture the trends:...

Covering the holiday retail `be-all-end-all’

December 24, 2018 at 12:56 p.m.

In retail, the holiday shopping season is like the Super Bowl, except that it goes on for weeks. As the Tribune's retail reporter, it's my job to capture the trends:...

16% of people haven’t started holiday shopping

December 25, 2018 at 10:40 a.m.

This holiday shopping season, the procrastinators are dominating. Roughly 73 percent of consumers have yet to lay their shopping lists to rest, according to a survey released Monday by Visa...

Retailers hope shoppers pick up the pace

December 25, 2018 at 10:02 a.m.

Debbie Scarlati experienced a bit of anxiety when she realized that Christmas Day was just 11 days away. "Truly, I was a whole week off," she said, holding three bags...

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