Alexia Elejade-Ruiz
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Restoration Hardware’s 17-pound catalog lands with a thud
Restoration Hardware's gargantuan annual catalog, which set a record this year with a bundle of 13 "sourcebooks" totaling more than 3,300 pages and weighing 17 pounds, has critics on social...

Restoration Hardware’s 17-pound catalog lands with a thud
Restoration Hardware's gargantuan annual catalog, which set a record this year with a bundle of 13 "sourcebooks" totaling more than 3,300 pages and weighing 17 pounds, has critics on social...

Ulta eyes 100 new store openings this year amid slower expansion
At her first shareholders meeting as CEO of Ulta Beauty, Mary Dillon on Thursday said the cosmetics company is progressing toward its goal of opening 1,200 stores in the U.S....

Loop Alliance wants Chicago to have a seat this summer
In its continued efforts to spice up the Loop, the Chicago Loop Alliance next week will launch more "placemaking" initiatives to encourage passersby to pull up a chair, sit a...

Americans to spend $7 billion less on dads than moms this year
Father's Day, the smallest of the American gift-giving holidays, is expected to bring in just $12.5 billion this year -- a "blip on the retail sales radar," the National Retail...

Sears chief: Store closings will continue, make company stronger
Citing examples of companies that have successfully undergone transformations despite seemingly damning financials, Sears Chairman and CEO Eddie Lampert told shareholders Tuesday that "sometimes you need to go backwards to...

Spatula roots out that last drop of shampoo
The thrifty waste-nots among us take pains to shake out every last trickle of shampoo, glob of moisturizer or dollop of salad dressing. And yet perfectly good product always manages...

Spatula roots out that last drop of shampoo
The thrifty waste-nots among us take pains to shake out every last trickle of shampoo, glob of moisturizer or dollop of salad dressing. And yet perfectly good product always manages...

Spatula roots out that last drop of shampoo
The thrifty waste-nots among us take pains to shake out every last trickle of shampoo, glob of moisturizer or dollop of salad dressing. And yet perfectly good product always manages...

Outsmarting a hangover
In anticipation of a New Year's Day spent huddled on the couch resolving never to drink again, several products promise relief from the pain, if not the self-loathing, of the...
