KDA keeps handle on cabinets, redesign
If remodeling your bathroom or kitchen is on your to-do list, the roll of retailers that wants your business is growing. Just take a look at the Chicago area where...
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Ex-Sears exec climbs ladder at Macy’s
Robert Mettler was the "Softer Side of Sears." His department store roots gave Sears, Roebuck and Co. credibility with apparel-makers who were leery of selling their brands to the maker...
Segal warmer than Sears on Great Indoors
The decision by Sears, Roebuck and Co. to slow the rollout of its Great Indoors home remodeling chain has some retail experts scratching their heads. The Great Indoors is the...
Crate & Barrel thinks outside the box
Shopping malls have always operated by an inherently unequal economic formula. The anchor tenants--well-heeled department stores--paid little or nothing for their space while the specialty stores that filled the rest...
Investment firm likes Neiman’s look
Ariel Capital Management can't get enough of Neiman Marcus Group Inc. The Chicago investment firm has increased its holdings in the upscale retailer's Class A shares to a 26.5 percent...
Shoppers hand stores mixed bag on sales
Discouraged by unseasonably cold weather in the Midwest, shoppers held back on spending for spring clothes and Easter goodies, depressing sales at some of the nation's major retailers in March....
Beers, tears, cheers flow for workers
Not many people attend their own wakes. But that's what happened Monday night as scores of Andersen employees killed time waiting for the stroke of 8 p.m. when they could...
Crate & Barrel’s sibling finds its niche
Nobody pushes Crate & Barrel Chief Executive Gordon Segal. He moves forward only when he is ready, even if that looks like standing still to outsiders. Such is the case...
A sizable change for Home Depot
It wouldn't be a weekend for Jay Swanson if there wasn't some tinkering to do around the house. The building engineer from north suburban Wauconda gets a lot of satisfaction...
Lawyers for Sears’ retirees win full fee
The attorneys representing 80,000 retirees of Sears, Roebuck and Co. thought they deserved $5.4 million for their four years of work in a lawsuit over life insurance benefits that was...