Lorene Yue

Brunswick Billiards is opening its first company-owned retail center this month, a site that will also serve as a laboratory for the pool table manufacturer. Within a 6,000-square-foot store inside...

Didier Milleriot wasn't frightened about the backlash against France when his country opposed the U.S. military strikes against Iraq. He knew that Francophiles and fans of French furnishings would still...

Chicago native and leather goods retailer Donald J. Pliner has launched a line of doggie duds. The fashion line is a collection of five different styles for pooches 20 pounds...

Salon owner Shane Talbott's coffee saturation turned him into a tea trader. Talbott, who runs Troupe Salon at 46 E. Oak St., said that too many lattes sent him on...

Maxim magazine is getting into the makeover business. The publication, known for busting at the seams, is trying to become a lifestyle brand that helps its male readers--average age 26,...

Joan Folgers is taking a gamble that the sluggish retail industry will soon get a kick-start. The owner of Gardens & Gatherings in Wasco, Ill., is introducing a new product...

Infusion Management Group, which owns and operates The Signature Room at the 95th in the John Hancock Center, is moving forward with plans to open an offshoot of the restaurant....

The grab-and-go shopper is putting a click in the process. E-commerce components of brick-and-mortar retailers including Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Best Buy Inc. are increasingly making in-store pickup available...

Get ready for a beauty of a battle. PureBeauty Inc. of Encino, Calif., a skin-care, hair-care and cosmetic products emporium, is breaking into Chicago with six stores by the end...

That wily crocodile that emblazoned sport shirts in the preppywear heyday of the early 1980s is about to land on Michigan Avenue. Lacoste is in talks with Water Tower Place...