On practically every suburban corner, ready with a tasty Slurpee and some innovative way to eat a hot dog, 7-Eleven convenience stores appear to be as American as a microwaved, cellophane-wrapped ap

It’s only September, but retailers already have their eye on the upcoming holidays. With the disastrous 2008 shopping season in our rear-view mirror, many analysts are hopeful that the 2009 hol

Several weekends ago on Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, one of the world’s most beautiful places, nearly every inch of sand was occupied. Tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of people -- the c

RadioShack (RSH) -- the store you pass on the way to the pet shop window -- is on the precipice of an image overhaul. Coming on the heels of a partnership with T-Mobile (DT) to sell its phones in-sto

In his small shoe-repair store near the end of Wall Street, Minas Polychronakis is something of a neighborhood sage. He and his shop -- the one with the neon shoe in the window -- certainly stan

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