Back when you were learning how to Dougie, a few subscription-based startups—Birchbox, Dollar Shave Club, and Stitch Fix—stepped onto the retail stage, disrupted the heck out of how young people shop, ...

The Nordstrom-owned personal styling service adds to the wave of downtown companies putting their offices on the sublease market. After years of trying unsuccessfully to grow the Chicago-born retailer ...

Whoever said Chicago tech was an unsexy cluster of conventional B2B players has clearly never met Trunk Club. Headquartered in River North, the on-demand fashion tech company has become somewhat of an ...

As an up-and-comer in the men’s fashion space, Trunk Club relies on excellent customer service to stand out. Although the retailer has established a strong presence online, it also is expanding into ...

Fashion aims to give consumers a reason to buy clothes beyond the need to cover up or stay warm, and retailers have tried all sorts of ways to coax people to try things on — and buy. One way lately is ...

The perfect fit: Trunk Club's Brian Spaly. Photography by Rudy Archuleta/Redux Pictures Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The right ...

Beating expectations, Nordstrom’s Q1 net sales rose 18.7% year over year to $3.5 billion, with full-line sales up 23.5% and off-price Rack sales up 10.3%. The strongest growth was in apparel, shoes ...

Chicago-based Trunk Club has secured $11 million in series A venture capital financing. The investment was provided by U.S. Venture Partners, Greycroft Partners, Apex Venture Partners and Anthos ...

It’s a polycultural world, and we’re just living in it. We Instagram everything (even if some say the IG aesthetic is over) and consumers all kind of want to be influencers in their right, showing off ...

Below are the semi-finalists in the Chicago Tech Startup Madness bracket! We will announce the finalists today on www.bytesoverbagels.com. Listen next week as our two finalists pitch their startup in ...