Sara Lee goes after in-home coffee drinkers
At a time when it seems coffee drinkers can't get enough of their coffee fix at the corner Starbucks, Sara Lee Corp. is placing a big bet that it can...
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Hollinger ‘milked’ of cash, suit says
Barbara Amiel-Black, wife of press baron Conrad Black, liked to tip the doorman at posh New York clothing retailer Bergdorf Goodman--and then expense it to her husband's company, Sun-Times owner...
Chicago veteran gets Euro RSCG restoration job
The Euro RSCG advertising network has picked a veteran Chicago industry executive to rebuild its deeply troubled advertising practice in the Windy City. Ron Bess, the former chief executive of...
Now, McDonald’s faces the movie
It's no coincidence that on the eve of the release of the potentially image-damaging documentary "Super Size Me"--a movie about the debilitating effects of an all-McDonald's diet for 30 days--the...
McDonald’s chief has cancer
Less than three weeks after the sudden heart attack and death of Chief Executive James Cantalupo, McDonald's Corp. announced that his 43-year-old successor has colon cancer. Charlie Bell, who helped...
British bidder joins queue for Marshall Field’s
At the turn of the century, Gordon Selfridge worked his way up from the ground floor to executive at Marshall Field's, eventually leaving the Chicago retailing chain in 1909 to...
Wilson drives toward a golf turnaround
Last year, Wilson Sporting Goods' golf division couldn't hit the proverbial green. Washed up like a two-bit pro, Wilson went back to the drawing board. It cut costs and changed...
Kellogg School charts a new course with ads
Most ads for university executive education programs stick to a tried-and-true formula: They show a stately logo and a list of courses, and then expect the phone lines to start...
3 may be a crowd in editing Playboy
How many editors does it take to replace one editorial director? At Playboy magazine, it takes three. In an unusual horse race for the key editor role under founder and...
NFL hopes GM veteran can put furor in reverse
The National Football League can't distance itself from its Super Bowl halftime debacle fast enough. So the NFL, still stinging from Janet Jackson's breast exposure that turned the prime-time show...