Susan Chandler

The evidence that store renovations pay for themselves continues to mount. Paul Harris Stores, the Indianapolis-based, moderately priced women's apparel chain, has been reinvesting in its 30 Chicago-area stores, expanding...

When the Gurnee Mills outlet mall opened in 1991, recession and downsizing were the economic watchwords, and shoppers had one thing on their mind: value. Six years later, the economy...

Although Proffitt's Inc. chief executive R. Brad Martin has been highly successful at building a retail empire, his first love is politics. Two days after he turned 21, Martin was...

Tiny Oak Street often seems dwarfed by the ever-expanding variety of retailers opening on North Michigan Avenue. But despite the increased competition, the tony shopping district is thriving and the...

It's something that no retail store owner likes to see: his best-selling product line appearing on the pages of a popular, nationally distributed catalog. That's what is happening to Sawbridge...

A retailing career can be perilous. Just ask Sportmart Inc. President Mark Scott. Two years ago he joined the Wheeling-based sporting goods retailer to tighten the focus of its merchandise...

The most exciting retail story of the year. That's how a Tandy Corp. executive unabashedly described last week's news that Sprint was opening phone-related boutiques in 6,000 RadioShack stores around...

For those people who get the shivers when they see Christmas decorations appear a little earlier each year, this will be disturbing news. Halloween costumes and decorations already have crept...

In the 1950s, a well-dressed woman wouldn't think about dining out or going to a job interview without an appropriate hat. But today, in the virtually hatless 1990s, it takes...

Dayton-Hudson Corp. Chairman Robert Ulrich has been preaching "The Power of One" since he took the helm at the Minneapolis-based retailer three years ago. By that he means the potential...