Robert Reed

As big-name retailers prepare to close hundreds of stores this year, many traditional shopping malls and the communities where they reside face a disturbing dilemma: What to do with all...

Every U.S. presidential administration is a pacesetter, and the same will be true for the incoming Trump administration. Here are business-related trends, large and small, that could end up being...

Every company, young or old, faces a defining moment that shows what type of corporate citizen it's going to be. In Chicago, ride-sharing giant Uber Technologies is fast approaching such...

As a new business year begins, some of the area's brand-name companies and major local employers are in a state of conflict. For the most part, these enterprises expect to...

With the tumultuous 2016 coming to a close, it's an apt time to revisit business events, large and small, that were highlighted in this column. Some stories have come to...

Chipotle Mexican Grill, a restaurant chain that had long been a customer darling until it fell on troubled times last year, is still in deep salsa. Who says so? None...

The town of Normal, Ill., which desperately wants to reopen its massive and shuttered Mitsubishi auto plant and create needed jobs, is hitching a ride with a mysterious carmaker that,...