6 Chicago-area Sam’s Club stores to close
Sam’s Club is closing a third of its Illinois stores — including six in the Chicago area — as part of a plan to shutter 63 stores nationwide. Warehouse clubs...
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American Airlines picks Lands’ End to replace controversial uniforms
American Airlines is turning to Lands’ End to replace uniforms that employees blamed for health problems and which left the airline and the previous supplier facing a lawsuit. Those uniforms,...
After better than expected holiday season, a ‘reckoning time’ for retailers
Consumers have unwrapped their holiday gifts. Now, it’s retailers’ turn to see what the holiday season brought them. Companies and their lenders are tallying sales, calculating returns and weighing prospects...
Sears closing 103 more stores, including Orland Square
Three Sears and three Kmart stores in Illinois will close this spring in Sears Holdings Corp.'s latest round of cuts. The Sears store anchoring Orland Square Mall in Orland Park,...
O’Hare 7th among major airports for on-time arrivals
Among the world’s busiest airports, six gave passengers better odds of arriving or departing on time last year than Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, though O’Hare’s numbers have been improving, according...
Kmart agrees to pay $1M to settle prescription overbilling claims in Illinois
Kmart has agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle allegations its pharmacies overbilled government health care programs for some prescription drug purchases in Illinois, the Illinois State Police...
Most Illinois metro areas add jobs in November, including more than 30,000 in Chicago area
Every metropolitan area in Illinois saw its unemployment rate drop in November compared with the same month last year, the Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday. It’s the sixth...
Companies involved in old post office renovations face OSHA fines
Three companies involved in renovating Chicago’s old main post office building face more than $220,000 in fines after allegedly failing to protect workers from lead and cadmium exposure. The U.S....
Holidays have passed, but spending season continues
Retailers got a gift from shoppers this season, according to early data on holiday retail sales. Sales, excluding automobiles, were up 4.9 percent between Nov. 1 and Christmas Eve, the...
Two Chicago-area residents sue Apple over its practice of slowing older iPhones
Two Chicago-area residents are part of a lawsuit against Apple that claims the company’s failure to explain its practice of slowing older iPhones to prevent problems with aging batteries fraudulently...