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United pares down perks — like carry-on bags — with ‘basic economy’ fares

June 9, 2018 at 1:57 a.m.

Early next year, United Airlines will start wooing in earnest a customer that it's previously targeted only in fits and starts — the penny pincher. Its "basic economy" fare strategy,...

John Slater, vice president of the Chicago hub for United Airlines, is seen Nov. 14, 2016, at Terminal 1 of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

United, American open high-tech, faster security lanes as Thanksgiving nears

June 9, 2018 at 2:06 a.m.

United and American airlines are introducing quicker, more efficient security lanes at O'Hare International Airport, with the goal of reducing the type of bottlenecks that caused hundreds of travelers to...

A shopper, left, walks with a store associate in the toy section at Wal-Mart in Teterboro, N.J., on Oct. 26, 2016. Wal-Mart is expanding its Black Friday deals online this year.

Retailers expand digital deals for Black Friday shoppers

June 9, 2018 at 3:08 a.m.

Wal-Mart is already known for the crowds of Black Friday shoppers who stampede through its front doors to claim steep discounts. Now it wants hordes of online bargain hunters cramming...

Nordstrom says Trunk Club has lost more than half its value in two years

May 7, 2020 at 3:02 p.m.

Trunk Club hasn't performed as well as expected since Nordstrom bought the Chicago-based apparel company in 2014. The $197 million goodwill impairment charge Nordstrom reported Thursday means Nordstrom has written...

Radio Flyer Chief Wagon Officer Robert Pasin is photographed Nov. 4, 2016, at his company's offices in Chicago's Galewood neighborhood. Pasin is the grandson of the company's founder.

Radio Flyer’s chief wagon officer talks nostalgia, Tesla

June 12, 2018 at 3:45 a.m.

Like a lot of kids, Robert Pasin grew up with Radio Flyer. Unlike most kids, he didn't just have a little red wagon — Radio Flyer was the family business....

Peter Post tries virtual reality goggles in Facebook's pop-up location at Schaumburg's Woodfield Mall on Nov. 1, 2016.

To sell customers on virtual reality, companies know they need to really experience it

June 9, 2018 at 5:45 a.m.

Lee Mitchell knew there wasn't really an asteroid drifting past him, just a few feet to the right. But he couldn't help stretching out a hand to touch it. "It...

Employees at Excel Screen Printing & Embroidery, Inc. in Schiller Park work to print and ship tens of thousands of Chicago Cubs grey long-sleeve World Series T-shirts.

World Series championship Cubs merchandise is flying off the shelves

August 24, 2019 at 11:45 p.m.

By 7 a.m. the morning after the Chicago Cubs' World Series win, the parking lot at Dick's Sporting Goods in Niles was packed with bleary-eyed fans eager to get their...

Air travelers line up at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, Friday, May 20, 2016. Travel industry trade group Airlines for America expects a small increase in travelers over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Airlines expect small increase in Thanksgiving travel

August 23, 2019 at 2:31 p.m.

About 27.3 million passengers will travel worldwide on U.S. airlines over the Thanksgiving travel period, up about 2.5 percent from last year, according to a report from industry trade group...

Sears shrinking Oakbrook Center store

June 9, 2018 at 6:08 a.m.

Sears plans to cut the size of its Oakbrook Center store in half by spring 2018 and close its auto center. "The Sears store will operate in a smaller footprint...

Wrigleyville Taco Bell prepares for World Series border run

June 9, 2018 at 7:37 a.m.

Thursday night, 24 hours before the Chicago Cubs return to Wrigley Field to face the Cleveland Indians, employees at the Taco Bell across the street will begin their own pregame...

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