CVS LOOKING TO TAKE ON WALGREENS
CVS Corp., the nation's No. 2 drugstore chain, is snooping around the Chicago area looking for potential store sites, according to real estate folks, who are always buzzing about something....
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GUESS? MAY BE AN ANSWER FOR MICHIGAN AVENUE
There's a new potential tenant for the former Bigsby & Kruthers space at 605 N. Michigan Ave.: Guess? Inc. The Los Angeles-based denim and casual-apparel maker says it is in...
NET RETAILER DESIGNING TO SELL WOMEN’S FASHIONS
Electronic commerce is challenging traditional retailers to duels over a rapidly expanding list of products: books, music, toys, groceries and even prescription drugs. But up to now, designer clothing has...
SEARS SHOPS TO CATER TO PLUS-SIZED TEEN GIRLS
The skateboard set has become a hot retail commodity. A bunch of new specialty stores are joining national chains such as J.C. Penney Co. and Sears, Roebuck and Co. in...
TARGET HITS A BULL’S-EYE WITH STIFFEL COLLECTION
Target has scored another coup in its efforts to bring upscale brands to the discount arena. First, it signed up noted architect-designer Michael Graves to create a line of moderately...
E-COMMERCE TAX LOSS MAY BE MINIMAL
A growing number of politicians are worried about electronic commerce. Not because Amazon.com is killing the local bookstore on the corner, but because most Internet transactions aren't subject to sales...
DESIGNER COOPERATIVE IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Running a retail business is a lot harder than it looks, even if you've been involved in the fashion world for years. That's what Andrea Arsenault, chairwoman of the fashion...
SHOPPERS WILL HAVE HARD TIME AVOIDING COWS
Crate & Barrel is having a cow. So are Kenneth Cole and Tiffany. Marshall Field's is having two cows. And Neiman Marcus is outdoing them all: It has three cows....
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FALL COLLECTION WILL INCLUDE OAK STREET ON-LINE Oak Street has always prided itself on being the place for trend-setting fashion in Chicago. But when it comes to cyberspace, the tony...
FUR RETAILER EVANS TO CLOSE 3 STORES
Struggling fur retailer Evans Inc. said Wednesday it is closing three of its nine stores in the Chicago area. Scheduled to close around the end of July are Evans stores...