Retail

The acquisition comes as all Joann stores permanently closed late last month.

The school graduation season is the busiest time of year for the Walmart workers who hand-decorate cakes per customers’ orders. The cakes and optional fillings come pre-baked and frozen from suppliers, but the nation’s largest retailer holds a big slice of the American custom cake market. The company says one out of four cakes sold in the U.S. comes from...

In the U.S., the Nintendo Switch 2’s baseline launch price is $449.99 — significantly higher than the original Switch’s $299 price tag.

Gamers across the Chicago area lined up at stores for the midnight release of the Nintendo Switch 2. NBC Chicago’s Natalie Martinez reports.

Demolition of Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee has begun.

Video shows the beginning of demolition on the 45-year-old suburban Spring Hill Mall.

It’s officially the end of an era at Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee.

Online operations for popular retailer Victoria’s Secret were shut down as of Thursday morning due to a “security incident,” the website said.

Nike confirmed to CNBC that its shoes are returning to Amazon.

Popular retail chain JCPenney is set to close multiple stores just before the Memorial Day holiday. The retailer had previously announced plans to close seven stores by the end of May. But in a new report from USA Today, a spokesperson said the stores’ final day open will be May 25. In a statement earlier this year, the retailer cited…

Sales at Target fell more than expected in the first quarter and the retailer warned they will slip for all of 2025 as its customers pull back on spending.

Kohl’s was the last operating anchor at the once-popular Spring Hill Mall, which sits in both Carpentersville and West Dundee.

Dick’s Sporting Goods is buying the struggling footwear chain Foot Locker for about $2.4 billion, the second buyout of a major footwear company this year.

The new announcement comes after the sale of the popular retail chain

Buy now or pay later: Brands beg shoppers to spend before Trump’s tariffs hit their prices.

Months after the popular party and balloon supplier Party City closed hundreds of stores across the country as part of a “winding down” of operations, the brand’s new owner says the company will be “reimagined” into a “whole new Party City,” with retail locations and a website once again.

Discount retailer Big Lots announced Thursday that they would close all remaining stores, months after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with ensuing confusion on how many locations were closing.

While other chains continue to shutter locations, Trader Joe’s is expanding.

Those walking down Michigan Avenue early Friday morning may find dozens of people camped out and lined up around the block — all to have the chance to snag a “Bubu” from Pop Mart.

Those walking down Michigan Avenue early Friday morning may find dozens of people camped out and lined up around the block — all to have the chance to snag a “Bubu” from Pop Mart. The popular designer toy store for adults and kids opened in Chicago in 2024. The brand started in China in 2010, and became widely known known…