Sears Lists First 79 Stores To Close, None In Illinois
Sears has released a list of the first 79 stores to close under a plan to shutter 100 to 120 Sears and Kmart locations due to poor holiday sales.
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Sears has released a list of the first 79 stores to close under a plan to shutter 100 to 120 Sears and Kmart locations due to poor holiday sales.
The demolition of the Purple Hotel in Lincolnwood has been anticipated for nearly five years, but now an investor from Skokie wants to restore and preserve it.
An expiring ethanol tax credit could lead to higher gas prices come 2012.
After 81 years in business, Avenue Motor Sales in Batavia will close its doors for the last time on Friday.
It was supposed to be a record Christmas for retailers, but now that Santa has come and gone experts say sales numbers have fallen short.
Effective the first business day of the year, the Chicago Department of Buildings will begin requiring a 50 percent fee with all building permit applications.
The sale of the Chicago Sun-Times is a done deal.
Starting Tuesday morning, Chicago outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas opens its phone lines to offer free advice to those looking for jobs.
Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. is closing between 100 and 120 Sears and K-Mart stores, after abysmal holiday sales.
The Illinois wine industry is growing, and a census of sorts will help vintners realize how much it has grown in the past five years.
Many retailers are offering even deeper discounts on this day after Christmas and shoppers were already out early Monday morning, taking advantage of post-Christmas sales.
Even at the early hour of 5 a.m. on the day before Christmas Eve, stores were open for business, and plenty of consumers were out shopping.
Chicago shoppers were rummaging through mounds of what was left on the shelves Thursday, in search of last-minute deals.
If you've filled your gas tank Thursday, you probably noticed a sudden spike in prices.
