Sears on Black Friday: Stocked shelves and sentimental customers
Sales on Thanksgiving and Black Friday showed consumers are eager to open their wallets this holiday season. The question is how many are willing to open them for Sears. Hoffman...
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Heading to the mall on Black Friday? Here’s what’s different this year
Black Friday still conjures images of hordes of shoppers stampeding through store aisles in search of steep discounts. But now that retailers make deals available ahead of time in store...
Toys R Us is gone, but your neighborhood toy store has more rivals than ever this holiday season
For the first time in decades, parents won’t be able to rely on a trip to Toys R Us to check off items on their kids’ holiday wish lists. While...
Sears gets court OK to pursue sale of its best stores
Sears Holdings Corp. can begin trying to sell its best-performing stores after receiving court approval Thursday for its plans to auction off assets. When the Hoffman Estates-based parent company of...
No boo-hoo over HQ2: Lessons learned from failed Amazon chase could help Chicago later
Chicago spent more than a year trying to land Amazon’s so-called HQ2, a once-in-a-generation headquarters prize that carried with it the promise of 50,000 high-paying jobs. Instead, the Seattle-based company...
You and 30.6 million others will be flying for Thanksgiving. Airfares haven’t soared, but watch out for airline fees.
Despite recent headlines about unusually high jet fuel prices, travelers shouldn’t necessarily expect sky-high airfares during the Thanksgiving and Christmas travel seasons. But watch out for those fees. A record...
Amazon didn’t choose Chicago for HQ2. Now what?
Amazon will split its second headquarters between New York’s Long Island City and Arlington in northern Virginia, the e-commerce giant said Tuesday, ending Chicago’s hopes of adding a highly coveted...
Target says South Side stores will close, despite city’s push to reconsider
City officials are scrambling to get Target to reconsider its decision to close two South Side stores early next year, offering the retailer millions of dollars in incentives to keep...
Sears gearing up for do-or-die holiday season
The holiday season can be do-or-die for retailers. That’s never been truer for Sears, which filed for bankruptcy protection in mid-October in a last-ditch bid to keep the American retail...
Mattress store to let you test online brands: Review site Sleep Sherpa opening River North showroom
Leesa, Saatva, Helix, Purple, Tuft & Needle, Yogabed, GhostBed, Oso, Bear — staying up to speed on the dozens of companies trying to sell you a mattress online could keep...