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Co-founders of shoe company Jack Erwin, Ariel Nelson and Lane Gerson, didn't come from the fashion world, but they are now running a widely known men's shoe company.

Cabela's has struggled with declining sales of apparel and footwear and has reported same-store sales growth in only one quarter in more than three years.

This entrepreneur started a side-business online just to see if he could. Here's how he did it.

Your profit margins and brand image don't have to suffer when running sales.

Nobody is likelier to have ideas for avoiding customer problems than whoever is solving those problems, face-to-face, with unhappy customers.

It's time to update your customer service training manual.

The serial inventor, Shark Tank star and 'Queen of QVC' shares how to figure out if you're creating a must-have product.

This year, its founders expect to sell 6 million units -- up from 8,000 in 2011.

This innovative subscription service demonstrates a different mode of company-building and leadership with an inventive female CEO at the helm.

Jude Al-Khalil is making waves in the swimwear market with Bikyni.

As consumers continue to drift from brick and mortar shops to online markets, retailers are surprisingly optimistic.

The struggling apparel retailer is focusing on its North American market to revive its fortunes.

The move comes as Sears tries to bounce back from a five-year stretch during which it lost more than $8 billion as it closed hundreds of stores and sales dropped sharply.

Start-up consumer brands are gaining noteworthy market share.

After years of losses, the company said in March it was exploring strategic alternatives, including a sale.

Compete directly with consumer-direct manufacturers. Like it or not, it's the brave new economy that will shape our industry.

Smartphones and mobile apps are brick-and-mortar's wrecking ball, but they can also be what saves it.

The company, which had 1,672 stores as of the end of January, said it would close 10 Sears department stores and 68 Kmart discount stores, with nearly all of the closings occurring in late July.

Having trouble finding that something special online? Not anymore.

An estimated 500 employees have lost their jobs since layoffs began last week, according to a news report.

Here's a list of some retailers that did -- and a few who did not -- bounce back from bankruptcy filings.