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Chicago retailer City Sports to pay $420,000 to settle discrimination allegations

November 3, 2020 at 3:01 p.m.

City Sports, a local chain of sportswear stores, has agreed to pay $420,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a federal agency alleging harassment and discrimination in hiring decisions. The...

Masked shoppers walk inside Potash Market on Oct. 30, 2020, in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago. The store, wary of unrest, is keeping boards on its windows at least through Election Day.

Chicago businesses board up windows, brace for possible Election Day unrest

November 2, 2020 at 4:42 p.m.

The first time Potash Markets' Gold Coast grocery stores were vandalized this summer, the boards covering both stores' windows came down as soon as the damage was repaired. The vandalism...

Even furniture is for sale at The RealReal.

Secondhand shopping comes to Michigan Avenue, even in the middle of a pandemic

October 29, 2020 at 3:55 p.m.

When The RealReal announced plans in February to open a store selling secondhand Gucci and Louis Vuitton steps away from those brands' Magnificent Mile boutiques, it was yet another sign...

Workers pick items before filling boxes to ship at an Amazon fulfillment center Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017 in Romeoville. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Amazon opens a delivery station with more than 200 jobs in Pullman

October 28, 2020 at 3:44 p.m.

Amazon has opened a new delivery station that is expected to employ more than 200 people in the Pullman area on Chicago's South Side. The nearly 150,000-square-foot facility, which has...

Southwest Airlines ticketing at Chicago Midway International AirportWednesday, July 15, 2020. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Southwest Airlines to offer 20 flights a day from O’Hare

October 29, 2020 at 11:21 a.m.

Southwest Airlines will begin flying out of O'Hare International Airport on Valentine's Day, starting with 20 flights a day to Nashville, Tennessee; Denver; Dallas; Baltimore; and Phoenix. The Tribune reported...

Karla Wence, second from right, participates in a spin class, which is also streamed for others online, at Spynergy in Chicago on Oct. 22, 2020.

As temperatures drop and COVID-19 cases rise, gyms turn to virtual memberships

October 23, 2020 at 8:23 a.m.

When the coronavirus pandemic forced gyms and fitness studios to close in March, the owners of indoor cycling studio Spynergy rented out bikes that would otherwise have sat idle, bought...

Amazon Prime Day attracted lots of early holiday shoppers. Here’s how much they spent and what they bought.

October 16, 2020 at 12:14 p.m.

Black Friday, the traditional kickoff to the holiday season, is more than a month away, but Amazon Prime Day — delayed until Oct. 13-14 — got at least some shoppers...

A passenger wearing a protective mask looks at a departing flight board at the United Airlines check-in area March 4, 2020, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

United says 2,700 jobs it cut during the pandemic likely won’t return, though it sees ‘light at the end of the tunnel’

October 15, 2020 at 12:17 p.m.

United Airlines said the 2,700 corporate jobs it has cut since the coronavirus pandemic began likely won't return, even as CEO Scott Kirby said the airline is starting to see...

United Airlines employees work Oct. 1, 2020, at Terminal 1 of O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. On Oct. 14, the airline reported it lost $1.84 billion in the third quarter.

United Airlines says 2,700 jobs it cut during the pandemic likely won’t return

October 14, 2020 at 6:04 p.m.

United Airlines said the 2,700 corporate jobs it has cut since the coronavirus pandemic began likely won't return, even once air travel starts to pick up. "These reductions are expected...

Southwest Airlines jets are seen July 15, 2020, at Midway Airport in Chicago.

Southwest Airlines plans to add service out of O’Hare next year. ‘It’s been on our wish list for a long time.’

October 12, 2020 at 4:43 p.m.

Southwest Airlines will add service out of O'Hare International Airport next year, an expansion made possible by the same coronavirus pandemic that has kept many travelers grounded. The pandemic reduced...

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