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This Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, photo shows Fingerlings from WowWee on display at the 2017 TTPM Holiday Showcase in New York. Shoppers are rushing to find Fingerlings, the robotic monkeys that are one of the holiday season's hottest toys and already hard to find.

How Fingerlings and Hatchimals made retailers’ hot toy lists

December 17, 2018 at 4:38 p.m.

Last holiday season, most Americans thought fingerlings were a kind of undersized potato. This year, parents of young kids know them as the tough-to-find toy topping plenty of wish lists....

This Tuesday, May 2, 2017, photo shows Macy's corporate signage at its flagship store in Manhattan, in New York. Macy's is hiring an extra 7,000 seasonal associates this holiday season, saying traffic in its department stores nationwide has been high.

Macy’s hiring 7,000 more holiday workers nationwide

May 22, 2019 at 2:54 a.m.

Macy’s says it needs 7,000 more employees to work in its stores, after hiring 80,000 temporary workers to help with the holiday rush. "Macy's has had a great start to...

Macy’s hiring 7,000 more holiday workers

December 17, 2018 at 4:31 p.m.

Macy’s says it needs 7,000 more employees to work in its stores, after hiring 80,000 temporary workers to help with the holiday rush. "Macy's has had a great start to...

Cyber Monday orders are in. Retailers now giving perks for patience

December 17, 2018 at 4:07 p.m.

Shoppers clicking “buy” on smartphones, tablets and laptops spent almost $20 billion online from Thanksgiving through Monday. Now retailers have to turn that spending spree into a flood of cardboard...

American Airlines announced it will add flights between Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and five new destinations in the U.S. and Canada next year.

American to add five new U.S., Canada destinations at O’Hare next year

December 17, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.

American Airlines will add flights between Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and five new destinations in the U.S. and Canada next year. Year-round daily flights between Chicago and Vancouver, B.C., are...

Black Friday loses some in-store shine as consumers shop online

December 17, 2018 at 3:36 p.m.

Black Friday has long brought to mind images of shoppers busting through doors at the crack of dawn, elbowing their way to the latest toy or deeply discounted TV. A...

Chairman and CEO JP Morgan Chase Jamie Dimon attends a roundtable discussion Nov. 21, 2017, at the North Lawndale Employment Network with former program graduates, leaders of nonprofits and co-workers at JP Morgan Chase.

JPMorgan Chase CEO sees early results of $40 million investment in South, West sides during Chicago visit

December 17, 2018 at 3:23 p.m.

In a community room in Chicago’s Homan Square neighborhood on Tuesday, Jamie Dimon sat down with a few Chicagoans trying to boost their job skills, and others working to help...

Corn grows in a field along 60th Road Oct. 26, 2017, in Mount Pleasant, Wis.

After winning Foxconn, Southeast Wisconsin prepares for influx of jobs as residents fear loss of ‘peace and quiet’

December 17, 2018 at 3:55 p.m.

In April, the owners of Apple Holler, an orchard in the southeastern Wisconsin town of Sturtevant, will be getting ready to plant 2,500 apple and peach trees on land just...

CEO Jeff Gennette is photographed Nov 4, 2017, at Macy's State Street store in Chicago. Gennete said holiday traditions like the Walnut Room Christmas tree and State Street window displays are safe.

Macy’s CEO: ‘There’s room for other retailers and Amazon’

December 17, 2018 at 1:57 p.m.

Thanksgiving turkeys aren’t even defrosted, but Macy’s already has marked the start of retail’s crucial holiday season, unveiling the decorated windows at its State Street flagship and lighting the Walnut...

Chicago shoppers plan to do about half of holiday shopping online — the first time stores haven't won the biggest part of seasonal spending, a survey says.

For the first time, Chicago shoppers to spend biggest chunk of holiday budget online

December 17, 2018 at 1:57 p.m.

Digital cash registers will be ringing in Chicago this holiday season. For the first time, local shoppers expect to spend more of their holiday budgets online than in stores, according...

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