Retail

Several area business groups will host holiday shopping events to encourage residents to buy their gifts locally.

As a husband, father and grandfather, I know how important it is to find the perfect gift for your loved ones. As the president of a locally owned and operated family business, I also understand how the gifts we give can have a huge impact on our local community.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s Corp. today reported third quarter net income of $142 million, or 70 cents per share, down from $177 million, or 81 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2013.

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From its humble beginnings as a small Milwaukee furniture store that opened 80 years ago, Pewaukee-based Steinhafels Inc. today has 17 stores and expects sales of nearly $150 million this year.

Pizano’s Pizza & Pasta, a Chicago-based restaurant featuring the city’s iconic deep dish pizza, will open its first Wisconsin location in the spring in the MSOE Tower Apartments building at 1150 N. Water St. in downtown Milwaukee.

The Sears store and Sears Auto Center at Memorial Mall in Sheboygan will close in February, a spokesman for the company said today.

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Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s Corp. has announced it will open its department stores at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day to kick off its holiday shopping season.

Peter Gebauer, executive chef at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, has been named the 2014 Chef of the Year by the American Culinary Federation Chefs of Milwaukee.