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Jennie Siolidis shops inside the new small Target store on East Illinois, Tuesday Feb., 16, 2016.

Report: Chicago retail sales up, but growth slower than expected

June 10, 2018 at 3:24 p.m.

A report on 2015 Chicago-area retail sales backs up some retailers' take on lackluster first-quarter financial results: Consumers, still cautious about spending, are willing to part with their cash but...

The shuttered store Lanvin on Monday, May 16, 2016 along Oak Street in the Gold Coast.

Lanvin, Lester Lampert leaving Oak Street; Christofle returning

June 10, 2018 at 3:23 p.m.

French luxury retailer Christofle is returning to Chicago this fall. Christofle, which sells high-end dishes, silverware, jewelry and home accessories, plans to open a boutique in the ground floor of...

A sign marks the entrance to Sears Holdings Corp. in Hoffman Estates.

Sears planning smaller-format appliance stores

June 10, 2018 at 3:42 p.m.

Sears Holdings announced a new appliance-focused store opening next week, unexpected news from a retailer that's been aggressively closing stores. At Hoffman Estates-based Sears' annual meeting with shareholders Wednesday, Chairman...

Women pass an Aeropostale clothing store in New York's Times Square in 2015. The retailer has filed for bankruptcy, and consumer advocates advise spending any gift card balances.

Do you have an Aeropostale gift card? Think about using it soon.

June 30, 2019 at 9:33 p.m.

If you haven't checked for forgotten gift cards still floating around after the holiday season, now might be a good time — especially if your favorite retailer is among those...

A shopper totes a J.C. Penney bag, in New York in 2013. J.C. Penney says it's rolling out major appliances to nearly 500 stores this summer, or almost half of its stores.

Come see the harder side of Penney’s? J.C. Penney to sell appliances again

June 10, 2018 at 4:28 p.m.

J.C. Penney is getting back in the appliance business. The Plano, Texas-based department store chain said Monday it is bringing appliance showrooms to nearly half its stores this summer after...

Aeropostale, once the vibrant epicenter of the U.S. mall scene May 4, 2016, that it is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Teens’ tastes are hard to figure out. Just ask Aeropostale.

June 10, 2018 at 4:38 p.m.

Aeropostale is the latest struggling teen clothing chain to seek bankruptcy protection, evidence that broader shifts in the way teens spend continue to pose challenges for retailers. The often logo-heavy...

A store window displays clothing in 2003 at the Sears store at 1900 W. Lawrence Ave., in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood. The store is slated to close.

Ravenswood Sears to close after 90 years

June 10, 2018 at 3:23 p.m.

The longest-standing store in Sears' chain will close in August after 90 years in operation. A liquidation sale at the store, 1900 W. Lawrence Ave., in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, will...

A greeter waits to welcome customers to a Wal-Mart in Bowling Green, Ohio, in 2006. Wal-Mart had moved its greeters farther inside stores about four years ago but now is returning employees to the entrances and exits.

Wal-Mart welcoming greeters back to the front of the store

June 11, 2018 at 10:54 p.m.

Say hello — again — to greeters at Wal-Mart stores' front doors. Wal-Mart announced Wednesday it would add more employees to store entrances and exits to cut shoplifting and improve...

Enjoy employee Gio Lugones, left, helps customer David Sanchez set up his Apple TV on May 2, 2016, after delivering it to Sanchez's home in the West Loop. Enjoy, which delivers and sets up consumer electronics, is launching in the Chicago area.

Enjoy will bring delivery, with tech support included, to Chicago

June 11, 2018 at 11:04 p.m.

Online retailer Enjoy will hand-deliver high-end consumer electronics to Chicago homes, along with an expert to help get them up and running at no extra cost, starting May 11. When...

The former Borders bookstore in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood is seen in February 2015. The store in the 4700 block of North Broadway sat empty for four years before the rock-climbing gym First Ascent opened in December 2015 on the building's second floor.

Chicago retail vacancies declining, but still plenty of empty anchor spaces

June 10, 2018 at 4:01 p.m.

Chicago-area retail vacancies have dipped below 9 percent for the first time since 2013, filled in part by a discount furniture market that's "exploded" in the first quarter of 2016,...

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