Water Tower Place cracks down on teens with 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday curfew
The mall used to be one of the few places teens were free to hang out far from prying parental eyes. That’s no longer the case at Water Tower Place...
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Online retailers like Allbirds, Warby Parker and Bonobos are opening bricks-and-mortar stores, often in the same Chicago area
Four days before Christmas, athletic apparel retailer Outdoor Voices opened a store in Chicago’s Ranch Triangle neighborhood. It should feel at home among neighbors like Bonobos, Warby Parker and Marine...
Sears Chairman Edward Lampert could find out by Friday if his $4.4 billion bid to keep retailer in business is viable
By the end of the week, Sears Chairman Edward Lampert could find out whether his push to keep the bankrupt retailer together and open for business still has a shot....
Sears chairman pieces together bid to acquire the bankrupt retailer
Sears Chairman Edward Lampert moved Friday to throw a lifeline to the bankrupt retailer even as the company announced plans to close 80 more stores, including two in Illinois. Lampert’s...
Why are paper Christmas cards still a thing? Millennials, for once, are to thank.
Party invitations that once came to mailboxes now arrive via email or Facebook, and calendar apps are stiff competition for physical datebooks. Smartphones give us more ways to keep in...
The holidays are mostly over, but many are still shopping. Here’s why.
The holidays are over. Gifts have been exchanged. But retailers’ cash registers are still ringing. The turn of the year has traditionally been a time for retailers to dump unsold...
United adding flights from O’Hare to Colorado, Florida, Oregon and Nova Scotia this summer
United Airlines is adding seven new routes connecting Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to outdoor destinations this summer. The airline will start daily flights between Chicago and Eugene, Ore.; Redmond, Ore.;...
New airport baggage screening technology coming to O’Hare
Getting through airport security can feel like a juggling act: Travelers try to pull laptops and liquids from overstuffed bags and remove shoes and jackets, all without dropping anything or...
Sears gets Bankruptcy Court approval for up to $25.3 million in bonuses to top employees
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge signed off Friday on Sears’ request to pay up to $25.3 million in bonuses to top executives and other high-ranking employees even as the company...
Sears racked up nearly $1.9 billion in losses amid bankruptcy
Despite closing dozens of stores and laying off 200 corporate employees as it tried to stave off a bankruptcy filing, Sears racked up nearly $1.9 billion in losses in the...