John Pletz
Crain's Chicago Business
St. John, IN, United States
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Illinois weed sales picked up in January
Growth in the recreational market last month was the best since summer, as new retail stores came online. → Read More
Weed shop gets zoning approval for former Rainforest Cafe site
The new shop is one of two newly approved locations that involve a pair of familiar political faces. → Read More
O'Hare upgrade is going to cost more
The overhaul of terminals and other capital projects is now estimated to come in at $12.1 billion, up from $8.5 billion in 2019. → Read More
Ken Griffin is off to Miami. Here's how the city compares to Chicago.
We look at costs, taxes and other factors. → Read More
The party's over for tech startups
With a possible recession looming, venture investors are in triage mode. → Read More
Neil Bluhm-owned startup bulks up in Chicago
Auto Approve, a fintech company owned by Bluhm’s family investment office, is expanding at Willis Tower. → Read More
Boeing needs more planes, pronto. Elizabeth Lund has to make them.
For the aerospace giant to rebound, she has to churn out 737s and 787s—fast. → Read More
Startup gets $70M to figure out why you don’t like those shoes
Customers such as Salesforce and The North Face use Dscout's technology to test product design. → Read More
Fuel costs are up but so is demand, and that’s good for United
Airlines are increasing fares to combat increased fuel costs. Business travel is on the mend but not back to normal. → Read More
Illinois wants to overhaul rules to apply for marijuana licenses
Applications for 55 new dispensaries will be streamlined and adopt a pass-fail approach to qualify for a lottery. → Read More
This startup has backing from Sequoia, Will Smith, Lionel Richie
Protégé is like Cameo meets "American Idol" or Shark Tank," letting you pitch your talent and ideas to celebrities, including Scooter Braun and Jason Alexander. → Read More
COVID robbed Chicago of tech jobs
The pandemic slowed growth in most of the big tech-employment centers as work from anywhere became a reality. → Read More
How Boeing wins and loses in the Ukraine conflict
The Chicago company benefits as a defense contractor more than it loses from new commercial-aviation headwinds, analysts say. → Read More
After a failed SPAC, insurance startup raises $100M
Kin lines up private investment for its next stage of expansion. → Read More
Cameo plans to go big in Japan
With help from investor SoftBank, the celebrity shout-out app, is taking its show on the road. It's also preparing for the metaverse with an NFT. → Read More
What the Frontier-Spirit merger means for O'Hare and Midway
The combined carrier will be a stronger competitor, but it will have to sort out disparate operations at the city's two airports. → Read More
The key to working from anywhere? Some office time.
Chicago tech firm Cameo runs a return-to-the-office experiment, discovers a big productivity boost and rethinks its remote-only stand. → Read More
TSA found a lot more guns at O'Hare checkpoints last year
Despite the increase, O'Hare travelers are far less likely to be packing than those at the nation's other big airports. → Read More
Frontier Airlines returns to Midway
The discount carrier will serve Chicago from both airports. → Read More
Crypto-software startup Zero Hash raises $105M
The deal is the latest in a massive surge of venture investment going into crypto and blockchain startups. → Read More