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The return to a full 10-day indoor auto show in February is an ambitious undertaking, particularly as the omicron variant stokes new concerns about a potential resurgence of COVID-19 infections. But Sloan said consumer demand is there, with 5,000 advance tickets sold on Cyber Monday, the day the show was announced.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced new measures in place at all CVS Health’s 392 retail pharmacy locations across Illinois to help prevent pharmacy robberies and secure controlled substance medication, Nov. 30, 2021. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

FILE – A doll based on the upcoming Walt Disney Studios film “Mulan” is displayed in the toy section of a Target department store, April 30, 2020, in Glendale, Calif. As supply chain bottlenecks create shortages on many items, some charities are struggling to secure holiday gift wishes from kids in need. They’re reporting they can’t find enough items in stock, or are facing shipping delays both in receiving and distributing the gifts. The founder of the organization One Simple Wish says many gift requests for gaming consoles and electronic items submitted to the charity have been out of stock. (Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Gayle Voss, owner of Gayle V’s Best Ever Grilled Cheese, plans to stock prepared foods such as ready-to-cook grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato soup and macaroni and cheese, as well as the butter and local cheeses she uses, at the store, even though she has her own restaurant at Block 37 in the Loop.

Megan Searfoss, the owner of two running stores, at her new storage facility in Ridgefield, Conn., on Nov. 4, 2021. After watching supply chain concerns in Vietnam mount this summer and into the fall, Searfoss secured the new facility and has been stockpiling sneakers. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times)

In this 2010 photo, packages of Cracker Barrel cheese are displayed at a supermarket in Bath, Maine. Kraft Heinz said Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, that it closed on the sale of its natural cheese business, including its Cracker Barrel brand, to French dairy company Lactalis Group as part of a larger restructuring. (Pat Wellenbach/AP)

Supply chain issues, which led to customers buying earlier this year and to fewer discounts, could make Cyber Monday anti-climactic. Even acknowledging these issues, “it will probably be a pretty strong Cyber Monday,” said Gabriella Santaniello, founder of retail research firm A Line Partners, based in Los Angeles.

Sue Bennett, assistant superintendent of the Pullman National Monument, stands outside on a recent November day. “If ever there were a place that could teach the lessons of labor history, capitalism, industrialism and racism, this is it,” she said. (Susan DeGrane / Daily Southtown)

Built in 2017, the mansion has six full bathrooms, three half-baths, four fireplaces, a custom-built walnut library, an enclosed screened porch with a hot tub, a slate roof, copper gutters and a lower level with a wine cellar, a yoga studio, a media room and an exercise room. The mansion sits on a gated, 0.5-acre property.

Vendor Judit Sos sells eggs in a food market in Budapest, Hungary, Nov. 20, 2021. From appliance stores in the United States to food markets in Hungary and gas stations in Poland, rising consumer prices fueled by high energy costs and supply chain disruptions are putting a pinch on households and businesses worldwide. As economies recover from lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, increased consumer demand has helped lead to rising inflation. (Laszlo Balogh/AP)