convenience store

Men, who have endured slightly higher unemployment rates than women, have been taking on more of the household shopping, according to a recent report. The trend hasn't boded well for stores: On average, men spend less than women on each trip.

Target Corp. will open its first smaller, "urban" store in Seattle in 2012, marking attempts by the second-largest U.S. discount store chain to boost business by expanding beyond its largely suburban customer base.

Wal-Mart (WMT) is planning to enter the market for local convenience stores in large cities, The Financial Times reported. Wal-Mart, the largest U.S. retailer, is looking at property for smaller-format stores in urban areas including San Francisco and Detroit. "They've been looking at sites...

Since April, major convenience store operator Couche-Tard has been trying to buy regional player Casey's General Stores. Casey's board rejected a hostile $1.9 billion offer on Tuesday -- but don't expect that to stop Couche-Tard, which operates the Mac's and Circle K chains.

American consumers are voicing their disgust with BP the only way they can -- by not buying gas sold under the oil company's name. Despite their good intentions, however, it turns out that independent businesspeople own the vast majority of BP stations.

By now, we've heard all the advice about weathering the recession. And by many measures, the message seems to have sunk in: Americans are weaning themselves off their credit cards and increasing the amount of money they save. All this progress is well and good, but it also begs the question: Why on...

The ability to make purchases with a credit or debit card has become commonplace, with only a few stores sticking to a cash-only policy. One has to wonder why any store would refuse to accept a payment, especially with so many other places to purchase items. The reason is incredibly simple, every...

No one ever thought that $4.05/gallon would look like a decent price for gas. Here on Cape Cod this summer it did, so I stopped. It was a gas station in West Falmouth, a town I once lived in but visit only rarely these days. The $4.05 was at a "full-service" pump which once meant that someone would...