I'm a business reporter for the Chicago Tribune, where I cover the retail and airline industries. Click here to see what I've been writing about lately, or check out a few of my stories below.
Retail
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Sears' bankruptcy
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Sears files for bankruptcy protection
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A leaner Sears emerges from bankruptcy, but can it survive?
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Sears is closing a remodeled store less than seven months after reopening. What went wrong at Oakbrook Center?
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Chicago's last Sears closes for good
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Sears threatened to sue state over tax credit dispute
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Vacant Sears, Kmart stores get a second life as COVID-19 vaccination sites. But what comes next?
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Secondhand shopping goes mainstream
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As Austin loses one of its only grocery stores, community works to fill food desert on 'Soul City Corridor'
Airlines & travel
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40 years ago, America's deadliest plane crash killed 273 people at O'Hare and changed air travel forever
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From cabdrivers to cashiers, workers supported by Chicago's airports wonder when they'll go back.
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Once COVID-19 travel restrictions end, people are eager to hit the road. Will 2021 trips be exotic - or close to home?
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Airline seat adjustments mean the decline of the recline
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A year after a passenger was dragged off a United flight, everyday indignities remain
COVID-19 & business recovery
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Almost 190,000 Illinois businesses started during the pandemic. Here's how five of them did it.
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With pandemic-wear consumers ready to spend, 'the roaring 20s and celebratory times ahead may be very real.'
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Chicago stores hit by looting are warily reopening. That doesn't mean all the plywood is coming down.
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Chicago's capacity restrictions loosening and couples are hoping for larger weddings - if they can navigate tricky vaccine questions.
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COVID-19 is forcing small shops across the city to try online retail, but 'we're not Amazon.'