http://dir.salon.com/topics/retail/?source=rss&aim=retail en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PDT Andrew Leonard Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/05/kerala_walmart/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/05/kerala_walmart/index.html?source=rss The Indian state threatens to ban "retail giants." Are low prices "anti-people"? Ask China. By Jennifer Farley Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/style/2002/01/28/portland/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/style/2002/01/28/portland/index.html?source=rss A luxury-goods department store in lower Manhattan took a beating on Sept. 11. Months later, Maine residents find themselves in Gazzarini Uomo. By Lydia Lee Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/05/18/boo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/05/18/boo/index.html?source=rss Over-the-top design and a burn rate of $120 million in six months force the achingly hip fashion retail site to give up the ghost. By Damien Cave Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/12/10/condomania/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/12/10/condomania/index.html?source=rss It started the safe-sex decade by opening the first condom shop. Now 70 percent of its business is online and the company is thinking dot-com. By Janelle Brown Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/11/12/shopping_agents/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/11/12/shopping_agents/index.html?source=rss Why don't e-commerce sites offer real customer assistance, instead of clogging up bandwidth with cartoon helpers? By Mark Gimein Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/11/05/boo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/11/05/boo/index.html?source=rss A much-anticipated site devoted to hipster fashion launches -- complete with some off-putting boo-boos. By Andrea Siegel Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/08/03/bookstore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/08/03/bookstore/index.html?source=rss Requests for books on send, R and taxidermy were the easy questions during my first month at a bookstore info desk. By Jennifer Vogel Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/10/14/featureb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/10/14/featureb/index.html?source=rss Getting to know all about you: By Jennifer Vogel. Attention, shoppers -- what you tell supermarket clubs may be used against you. By Robert Rossney Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/10/14/featurea/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/10/14/featurea/index.html?source=rss Service with an artificial smile: By Robert Rossney. Supermarket clubs point the way to a future of corporate-mandated friendliness and Stepford clerks. By The Surreal Gourmet Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1997/12/05/surreal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1997/12/05/surreal/index.html?source=rss The Surreal Gourmet's solution to holiday retail madness: homemade herbed olive oils.