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Wal-Mart, Starbucks and more are getting a head start on the holiday season, with deals and promotions starting in early November.

As part of its 5th birthday redesign, the mobile application for the daily-deal site will automatically send you offers in whatever town you happen to be in at the time.

With clients like Starbucks, Yoplait and Betty Crocker, DINE marketing president Chris Cornyn offers up business advice for entrepreneurs -- foodies and all.

McDonald's franchisees have long protested the burger chain's pricing moves. Will the new 'Dollar Menu & More' provide a solution?

This Denver-based small shop has weathered tough times by showing their customers that they care.

Freshfully started as a virtual marketplace for finding local food. When connecting buyers with their farm-fresh fare proved tricky, the Alabama startup shifted to a traditional street-side model.

The custom retailer doubled revenues in a year. The secret to its success? Tailor fitting the shopping experience to fit every man individually.

Credit card company American Express and actor Will Smith are apparently sinking $53 million into online retail service The Fancy.

Often the cost of rent is a top consideration when choosing a retail space. But focus on the dollars and you might be missing out on essential ways to grow your business.

As consumers grow more comfortable with ecommerce, Amazon.com isn't the only web company making big-box stores sweat. These days, corner cafes and artisanal cheesemongers are taking a bigger piece of the retail pie.

Exceed customer expectations through everything from great customer service to surprise gifts.

Today, we roll out our top picks for gifts of jewelry, made by independent artists. We received more than 70 submissions and narrowed the list to these 10.

Be creative in your store design and take a skeptical view of the conventional wisdom.

Experts weigh in on new technologies from virtual greeters, to mirrors that give fashion advice, and touch screens loaded with information.

Here's a look at three of the most popular industries in this year's Franchise 500 and the trends that are shaping their future.

The world of music retail keeps spinning at Dusty Groove America

charging customers 15 cents a bag China joined in 2008 Italy banned the bags outright European retailers are in an uproar If you’re a retailer, how do you handle the paper-or-plastic issue?

MasterCard’s post-Christmas SpendingPulse report confirms what many entrepreneurs already know: Spending was down among holiday shoppers. How much? MasterCard says 5.5 to 8 percent compared to last year. Not too bad, especially considering that the Commerce Department reported recently that consumer spending was actually up 0.6 percent in November when inflation is taken into account. […]

“Sixty percent off is the new black.” –the New Yorker magazine’s Patricia Marx, writing about the deep discounts at New York fashion retailers; echoed today in the New York Times.

Urban economist Joel Kotkin argues that immigrant businesses are often recession proof and seem to be faring well in this otherwise gloomy economy. The Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., writes that Asian immigrants tend to save cash and thus have it for shopping, while Latino immigrants are often paid […]

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