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It was another onslaught of bad news from America’s department store chains this week. And that likely will not be letting up anytime soon.  Luxury chain Neiman Marcus filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, while Lord & Taylor is reportedly looking to liquidate its stores as soon as they are able to reopen again. Nordstrom said it is permanently closing 16...

Macy’s, Kohl’s and Gap Inc. all said Monday they will stop paying tens of thousands of employees who were thrown out of work when the chains temporarily closed their stores and sales collapsed as a result of the pandemic.

Gap is the latest retailer to dip its toes into the secondhand apparel market, following the lead of Macy’s, Nordstrom and others, in a bid to stay relevant in an industry shaken by changing consumer tastes.

At least two Illinois Macy’s locations will reportedly close as the company looks to focus on its most profitable locations. According to a list provided to media outlets, including CNBC, the Macy’s locations at Spring Hill Mall in suburban West Dundee and the University Mall in downstate Carbondale will be among nearly 30 stores shuttering their doors this year....

Stuck in a sales slump, Macy’s is shrinking to grow. The department store chain announced Tuesday it plans to shut 125 stores over the next three years and slash about 2,000 corporate jobs, as it closes its Cincinnati headquarters and tech offices in San Francisco. Macy’s said it plans to exit weaker shopping malls, and instead shift its focus toward…

Macy’s announced they will be shuttering 125 stores over the next three years, exiting struggling malls and focusing on building smaller stores in strip centers.

Macy’s said Wednesday it will shutter nearly 30 stores, in an effort to boost its profitability and focus on its most profitable stores. The new wave of closures follows holiday sales that were not quite as bad as some have feared. The news sent Macy’s stock higher. Shares closed up 2.4%. In the fiscal third quarter, Macy’s posted its first same-store sales...

An Illinois girl will now sleep in the bedroom of her dreams, thanks to Macy’s and the Make-a-Wish Foundation. NBC 5’s Sandra Torres has the story.

TODAY anchor Savannah Guthrie is hopeful for a quick recovery after her 2-year-old son hit her in the right eye with a toy last week, causing a tear in her retina and loss of vision. Savannah has been out of work the past two days since a freak incident involving her son, Charley, who was sitting in her lap when...

Heavy snow and wind shut down highways Tuesday in Colorado and Wyoming, closed schools in Nebraska and forced more than 1,000 travelers to sleep overnight in Denver’s airport after hundreds of flights were canceled just as Thanksgiving travel moved into high gear. The storm was heading to South Dakota, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, while a “bomb cyclone” weather phenomenon...

Strong wind gusts up to 40 mph could impact Macy’s Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Strong wind gusts up to 40 mph could impact Macy’s Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade.

If someone asked you when the holiday shopping season starts, you’d likely point to Black Friday, when flocks of people swarm stores after a hearty turkey dinner to pick through the hottest deals. But for more people in 2019, holiday shopping started in July. Why? Amazon. Amazon’s annual Prime Day extravaganza has “become a real part of the changing holiday...

Bill Macy, the character actor whose hangdog expression was a perfect match for his role as husband and long-suffering foil to Bea Arthur’s unyielding feminist on the daring 1970s sitcom “Maude,” has died. He was 97. Macy died Thursday night in Los Angeles, his friend Matt Beckoff said Friday. Further details weren’t immediately available.

Holiday shopping is just around the corner and companies are hiring nationwide in preparation.

A man was found dead Monday in a bathroom at the Macy’s on State Street.

A man who was found dead Monday in a bathroom at the Macy’s on State Street died from an apparent drug overdose, police said.

The top headlines you need to know as your start your day on Sept. 16, 2019.