Kohl’s has increased its assortment of home décor items by 40%, adding new categories and elevating its mainstay bedding and bath products with more modern aesthetics and frequent pattern and color injections. The retailer also is positioning itself as a seasonal décor destination, promising 60% newness in home and holiday …

Ulta Beauty and Pact have expanded their Beauty Dropoff recycling initiative chainwide, providing drop-off bins for clean, empty packaging from any beauty brand or retailer at all 1,350+ stores. The companies initially piloted the program last year in 90 Ulta Beauty stores, according to Glossy. Customers need to ensure there’s …

TRP, a cannabis retail, cultivation and distribution platform, has opened the doors to Cookies Chicago, the inaugural Windy City dispensary from the popular cannabis company Cookies. The West Loop location on N. Clinton Ave. offers a large selection of top-shelf Cookies products and a fresh menu for the Illinois market, …

Fred Segal, the namesake of a retail brand that helped define California style in the 1960s and 70s, was known as the “Curator of Cool.” His shop became a magnet for celebrities like the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Farrah Fawcett, seeking items that were distinctive, unique and in style — …