Trotter, Body Shop whip up PR feast
Renowned Chicago chef Charlie Trotter loves to create complex and unexpected taste combinations with the best ingredients he can find. Organic veggies and sushi-grade seafood are de rigeuer at his...
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Lamps bask in silk’s glow
Mariano Fortuny is a well-known name in Europe, but not in the United States. A 19th Century artist, photographer and designer, Fortuny is as famous for his invention of indirect...
Retailers will feel emotional tug
Chastened by world events and rising unemployment, holiday shoppers will keep their spending under control this year, indulging mostly in home-oriented purchases. They will skip trips to exotic places and...
Store debuts despite economy, tragedy
Opening an upscale store in a weak economy takes guts. Opening an upscale store two weeks after the biggest tragedy on U.S. soil in decades might well be considered foolhardy....
Halloween might lift retailers’ spirits
Halloween, once a holiday that only children loved, has become big business in recent years. More adults are getting dressed up, throwing parties and decorating their homes with everything from...
Work world grapples with terror’s grip
Before that fateful day, Chris Strout had an interesting but not especially demanding job managing content on Aon Corp.'s Web site. Then some hijackers plowed a jet into the insurance...
Work world grapples with terror’s grip
Before that fateful day, Chris Strout had an interesting but not especially demanding job managing content on Aon Corp.'s Web site. Then some hijackers plowed a jet into the insurance...
Fashion follows, so serious side sure to emerge
Fashion follows what's happening in society. It doesn't lead. In the 1920s, when women were demanding more freedom, designers threw out corsets and created the looser-fitting flapper dress. When fabric...
Layoffs go beyond numbers
Large-scale layoffs in the wake of last week's terrorist attack could damage an already fragile economy, putting another dent in consumer confidence and curtailing retail spending, experts say. Just this...
Shaken consumers come back
Minna Koolkin trooped out to the Ikea store in Schaumburg on Thursday with a mission: She needed to furnish her new apartment with throw pillows, a clothes hamper and picture...