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Survey: Families stock up for back to school after tightening belts last year

June 10, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.

Families that decided to get another year's use out of backpacks and laptops during last summer's back-to-school shopping season are ready to reopen their wallets, according to a National Retail...

A general view inside the business class of a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 is seen Oct. 15, 2007, in Toulouse, France. The first A380, the world's biggest passenger jet, entered commercial service after being delivered to Singapore Airlines' fleet, following a troubled production and an 18-month delay.

A380 visits Chicago: Will jet with 2 decks, first-class showers ever be O’Hare regular?

June 10, 2018 at 10:41 a.m.

The first passenger-carrying Chicago flight by the double-decker Airbus A380 — the world's largest passenger airplane — landed here Tuesday. But it could be a while before the monster jet,...

Target is bringing its flexible-format concept to the Lincoln Park area.

Target with Freshii, Starbucks opening next week near Lincoln Park

June 10, 2018 at 11:26 a.m.

Target is opening its third flexible-format store in Chicago on Sunday. The roughly 33,000-square-foot store at 2650 N. Clark St. will be the first of the Minneapolis-based chain's smaller stores...

Ross Dress for Less has opened a new store on Chicago's Northwest Side. This 2015 photo shows a store in River Grove's Thatcher Woods Shopping Center.

Ross Dress for Less adds Northwest Side store

June 10, 2018 at 7:26 a.m.

Ross Dress for Less opened another store on Chicago's Northwest side on Saturday. The 24,000-square-foot store, at 6560 W. Fullerton Ave. in the Montclare neighborhood, is one of 70 the...

The storefront of Mattress Firm at 2029 N. Clybourn Ave. on July 14, 2016, in Chicago. Five Mattress Firm stores line that stretch of North Clybourn in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Why are there so many mattress stores?

December 18, 2018 at 2:33 a.m.

Shortly after Melissa Marik moved into a new apartment in February, a Mattress Firm store moved in a block or two away from Marik — and from another Mattress Firm....

David Samson, right, arrives at federal court with his lawyer in Newark, N.J., on July 14, 2016. Samson pleaded guilty to a federal charge of soliciting a bribe for pressuring United Airlines to reinstate a money-losing flight offering convenient access to his vacation home. He was chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at the time of the bribery.

Ex-Port Authority chair pleads guilty to bribing United to reinstate flight

June 10, 2018 at 11:18 a.m.

David Samson, former chairman of the agency that controls New York City-area bridges, tunnels and airports, pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of soliciting a bribe for pressuring United...

A woman passes an Anthropologie store April 5, 2016, in New York. The retailer plans to open a store in Chicago's Fulton Market area.

Anthropologie the 2nd major U.S. retailer to plan store in Fulton Market

June 10, 2018 at 11:21 a.m.

Fulton Market is set to get its second major national retail store next year. Anthropologie is headed to 1000 W. Randolph St., a spokeswoman said Wednesday. It will be Philadelphia-based...

Pokemon Go fervor has Chicago-area businesses tapping in to draw customers

June 10, 2018 at 9:28 a.m.

As the wildly popular Pokemon Go app gets fans out in the city trying to catch the game's characters, some local businesses are salivating over the chance to catch Pokemon-addicted...

Wal-Mart offers free shipping deals to compete with Amazon’s ‘Prime Day’

August 21, 2019 at 7:08 p.m.

The day before Amazon's "Prime Day," Wal-Mart countered the e-commerce giant with its own new promotion: free shipping with no minimum purchase on all online orders. Amazon said it will...

Rebecca Mueller, left, with her mother, Terri, outside Mueller's North & Hudson mobile boutique truck set up at Daley Plaza on July 6, 2016, in Chicago.

Boutiques follow food trucks in taking sales on the road

December 18, 2018 at 2:34 a.m.

People buy tacos, dumplings, minipizzas and meatball subs out of FedEx-style trucks. Why not summery sleeveless tops and handbags? Chicago's mobile boutique scene is still relatively tiny — the city...

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