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Sears shares jump on report of bids for Craftsman brand

June 9, 2018 at 12:48 p.m.

Sears Holdings' shares jumped after a report that the company's Craftsman brand has attracted interest from potential bidders. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that potential bidders include Stanley Black & Decker and...

UPS Capt. Christian Kast points to the Data Communications Data Comm technology in the cockpit of an UPS Boeing 767-300F aircraft at Dulles International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower in Sterling, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. Data Comm gives air traffic controllers and pilots the ability to transmit flight plans, clearances, instructions, advisories, flight crew requests, and reports via a digital message service.

Pilots to start texting at O’Hare, Midway — but it’s not what you think

June 12, 2018 at 10:02 a.m.

Teens aren't the only ones who would rather text than talk. The Federal Aviation Administration is bringing technology upgrades that let pilots and air traffic controllers communicate by text-based messages,...

United Airlines planes sit at San Francisco International Airport on July 8, 2015. The airline and the union representing its technicians have a tentative agreement that could be major labor relations progress for the airline.

United reaches tentative agreement on new contract with technicians

June 12, 2018 at 10:03 a.m.

United Airlines is a step closer to an agreement that, if approved, would be the first joint contract for the airline's roughly 9,000 technicians. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters voted...

Children participate in the annual Bateman Elementary School Halloween parade in October 1965.

This election year, costume shops are declaring an early victory

June 12, 2018 at 11:10 a.m.

Many Americans may be cringing at this year's unconventional, contentious election season, but some merchants have spotted a silver lining: It's good for business. Specifically, the costume business. Election years...

Vendors sell Cubs merchandise near Wrigley Field before the Cubs take on the Cardinals on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. The team, along with Major League Baseball, is suing a handful of vendors for selling merchandise it says violates the Cubs' trademark.

Cubs, MLB suit up to catch unauthorized vendors

June 12, 2018 at 12:05 p.m.

If the Cubs and Major League Baseball have their way, it's going to be harder for some to make green from Cubbie blue. As the Cubs prepare for their postseason...

Dollar General District Manager Holly Felock, center, talks to Charvez Smith, assistant store manager of the Aurora store, about moving up in the company as Jen Aschenbrenner, Montgomery store manager, looks on during a Sept. 22, 2016, hiring event at a Dollar General store in Aurora.

Bargain chains lead list of fastest-growing retailers

August 21, 2019 at 8:14 p.m.

Not all retailers are trimming back their brick-and-mortar footprints. Dollar stores and off-price chains, taking advantage of solid sales and bargain-hunting shoppers, are on an expansion kick, claiming half the...

CVS to offer curbside pickup in Chicago area

June 14, 2018 at 2:33 a.m.

On shopping runs to most Chicago-area CVS stores, actually going inside the store is now optional. CVS Health will begin letting customers order online and have purchases delivered to their...

Master tailor Michael Shahwan, rear, watches junior tailors Rugyyah Karim, left, and Zena Salam, both fashion design school graduates, on Sept. 19, 2016, at the Peter Field menswear store at 185 N. Franklin St. in Chicago's Loop. Peter Field won a contest and will be opening a pop-up store in Block 37.

Menswear brand Peter Field wins Block 37 pop-up storefront contest

June 12, 2018 at 5:37 a.m.

Chicago menswear brand Peter Field is the winner of Block 37's annual pop-up shop contest, giving the tailor and accessories designer a second downtown location inside the State Street shopping...

Joel Meyer, of Chicago, wheels three carts of toys out of a Chicago Kmart at 3443 W. Addison St., with the help of a Kmart employee, rear, on Nov. 27, 2014; Thanksgiving Day. The Addison Street location is not slated to close.

Six Illinois Kmart stores closing by mid-December

June 12, 2018 at 5:37 a.m.

Sears Holdings is closing six struggling Illinois Kmart stores by mid-December. Kmarts in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood, New Lenox, Tinley Park, Joliet, Springfield and Macomb, along with a Merrillville, Ind.,...

Wilson Sporting Goods moving headquarters, 400 jobs to Prudential Plaza

June 12, 2018 at 6:48 a.m.

Wilson Sporting Goods is moving its corporate headquarters to Prudential Plaza in Chicago's Loop neighborhood. The 102-year-old company is moving the entire workforce of about 400 people at its current...

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