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Missoni arrives in Target stores today

August 23, 2021 at 1:34 a.m.

Target Corp. unveiled its largest, limited-time designer collection to date today when Missoni for Target hits the discounter's shelves. The purveyor of cheap-chic has been working with Italian luxury knitwear...

A fashionable place to dine

December 23, 2018 at 2:09 p.m.

FRED'S, 15 E. OAK ST., AT BARNEYS NEW YORK Who eats: Mix of creative business types, Gold Coast shoppers and tourists. Why eat: This is not your traditional department store...

Push on to bring nation’s first museum for writers to Chicago

August 23, 2021 at 12:48 a.m.

Malcolm O'Hagan, an Irish engineer with a love for great literature, is bringing his dream to Chicago. The retired businessman is undertaking an ambitious plan to open the first national...

Officials scrambling to keep Sears in Illinois

August 23, 2021 at 12:30 a.m.

Sears Holdings Corp. has joined a growing list of companies threatening to move their headquarters out of Illinois, setting off a flurry of activity from government officials, including Gov. Pat...

Retailer banks on brain fitness to expand stores

May 13, 2019 at 4:34 p.m.

If you want to do something good for your brain right now, count backward from 100 by 7. Or put the months of the year in alphabetical order. It doesn't...

Holiday hustle and bustle nears full tilt

August 22, 2021 at 11:39 p.m.

Attention, holiday shoppers. This isn't the year to procrastinate. Christmas Eve falls on a Friday, and that means there is one less weekend than in most years to get your...

Luxury shopping in Chicago: Rush is the new Oak

June 17, 2018 at 8:34 p.m.

While Oak Street flounders with record vacancies in the wake of the global luxury recession, adjacent Rush Street is coming into its own as a shopping strip for the rich...

True Value takes own shot at appealing to women

May 22, 2019 at 10:15 a.m.

The new True Value hardware store in Mount Prospect, tucked into a strip mall surrounded by 1960s split-level homes, is one of a kind, literally. The outpost is the Chicago-based...

Luxury spending rebounds, at least for those who can truly afford it

May 13, 2019 at 3:57 p.m.

The luxury business is making a comeback, but it is relying on fewer and wealthier consumers. Ultra-affluent households, or the top 2 percent of the U.S. population, are spending again...

Walgreens shelves plans to sell genetic test

August 22, 2019 at 5:09 a.m.

Walgreens late Wednesday reversed a decision to carry genetic test kits in its stores after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began an investigation of the supplier and product. Deerfield-based...

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