Retail

Before the countdown to 2025, there’s the countdown to get all your holiday shopping in before Christmas Eve and Hanukkah hit for 2024 — and they’re approaching quickly.

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Need a last-minute gift or ingredient ahead of Christmas Day and the start of Hanukkah? While many stores like Target and Walmart will be open on Christmas Eve, many will have limited hours and others will close.

Popular home storage and organization retailer The Container Store intends to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company announced Sunday.

A day after multiple outlets reported that party supplies store Party City would be closing all locations and begin winding down operations “immediately,” the chain announced store-wide sales on all products.

The reported closures mark the end of the party supply retailer’s nearly 40 years in business

Party City, a popular party and balloon supplies store with hundreds of locations across the country including more than two dozen in the Chicago area, is closing all stores and winding down operations immediately, according to reports.

Discount retailer Big Lots announced Thursday that they would close all remaining stores, months after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with ensuing confusion on how many locations were closing.

Don’t panic: Christmas and Hanukkah aren’t here yet, and you’ve still got some time to do last minute shopping. But the clock is ticking, and popular retail and grocery stores may have different hours leading up to the holidays.

A year’s worth of Charmin toilet paper seemed too good to be true for a Connecticut resident who received an error message and a $2 coupon instead.

Walmart store associates are now using body cameras in some locations as retailers look to deter theft and make employees safer.

The holiday shopping season is five days shorter than last year, and owners of small shops say people have been quick to snap up holiday décor early.

According to Macy’s, the additional store closures are in line with the retailer’s plan for “accelerating luxury growth.”

Albertsons is giving up on its merger with Kroger and it is suing the grocery chain, saying it didn’t do enough to secure regulatory approval for the $24.6 billion agreement.

Kroger and Albertsons said Tuesday they are disappointed in the decisions and are reviewing their options.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday to block a $24.6 billion merger between American grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons.

“Santaland” at Macy’s on State Street in Chicago is officially up and running for the 2024 holiday season, with reservations open for the free attraction.

Some of the online merchandise features drawings or images of the man suspected of shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

As shopping reaches a peak in the weeks ahead, retailers expect their return rate for the holidays to be 17% higher, on average, than the annual rate.

Costco says it will remove its book section from hundreds of stores.