Chicago Tribune: Business

For the sake of his relationship, Chicagoan John Mendoza said, he needed to learn how to cook. So just before Thanksgiving, he went shopping for some major kitchen appliances.
With incoming President Donald Trump promising to impose tariffs on imported goods, economists say shoppers soon might be looking at higher prices on big-ticket items.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products, a Canadian minister who attended their recent dinner said Monday.

Consumers in the United States are scouring the internet for online deals as they look to take advantage of the post-Thanksgiving shopping marathon with Cyber Monday.
Even though e-commerce is now part and parcel of many people’s regular routines and the holiday shopping season, Cyber Monday — a term coined in 2005 by the National Retail Federation — has become the biggest online shopping day of the year, thanks to the deals and the hype the industry has created to fuel it.

The South Shore Line is improving its on-time performance, but it still isn’t where it should be.
On-time performance was at 60% the week of Nov. 11, with more than 70% of trains arriving within 10 minutes of their scheduled time that week.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Chrisanne DuPuis, a 47-year-old who was shopping at Macy’s flagship store on State Street Friday morning, has been taking advantage of Black Friday discounts since the 1980s.
“In the ’80s, that’s what you did,” DuPuis said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Draped in multicolor string lights and blasting Christmas music, a group of over 20 skaters weaved through the streets of Chicago on a recent night to celebrate the holiday season.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Women’s fashion boutique Aritzia will open its eagerly anticipated two-story flagship location Saturday on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, filling the long-vacant storefront at 555 N. Michigan Ave., former home of The Gap.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The South Shore Line is wrapping up work on the $950 million West Lake Corridor project. The $650 million Double Track NWI project to add capacity along the traditional east-west Shoreline route is done.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The CEO and co-founder of Chicago-based primary care provider VillageMD has resigned, a move that comes as Walgreens Boots Alliance considers selling its stake in the business.
VillageMD spokesperson Molly Lynch confirmed Wednesday that Tim Barry has stepped down as CEO and board chair and that the company’s board has appointed VillageMD Chief Operating Officer Jim Murray to serve as interim CEO “effective immediately.” Lynch did not answer questions about why Barry departed.

NEW YORK — Walmart’s sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S. companies that are re-evaluating the legal and political risks associated with bold programs to bolster historically underrepresented groups.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share