Retail

With the holiday season right around the corner, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is forecasting a 3.0-percent sales increase for the traditional November-December holiday period.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s Corp. today announced a partnership with Derek Lam, who will be the second designer for the retailer's DesigNation limited-edition collection.

Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. today announced that it plans to open a 36,000-square-foot Nordstrom Rack store in the proposed Mayfair Collection development in Wauwatosa.

Duluth Trading Company has opened a new retail store in the landmark Smith Bros. Fish Shanty Restaurant building in Port Washington.

Kohl’s Corp. announced today it anticipates hiring more than 52,700 associates nationwide this holiday season, up more than 10 percent from last year, to support its holiday business in stores and growth in e-commerce in 2012.

Roots Restaurant and Cellar, 1818 N. Hubbard St., will serve its last meal in Milwaukee tonight.

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Meijer Inc. continues to roll out its plans for entering the metro Milwaukee area market place.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's Department Stores today announced the company will expand its electric vehicle (EV) charging station initiative with 36 new stations across 18 additional Kohl's locations by the end of fall 2012.

A surge of back-to-school sales helped most U.S. retailers ring their cash registers in August, according to the latest monthly totals.

Over the past 30 years, and particularly in the last decade, craft brewing has exploded in popularity across the United States. There are now 13,000 beer labels in the marketplace, catering to an ever more discerning beer drinker.

  Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co.     Blue Moon Brewing Co.     AC...

Milwaukee isn't known as the Brew City for nothing, and a resurgence in the local craft brewing industry over the last decade means the nickname won't be going away anytime soon.