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Per square foot, Apple outsells most other retailers, but it didn't happen overnight. Here are three things the company got right that you can steal. Ask a seasoned entrepreneur how to increase sales and you'll likely hear such terms as up-sell and cross-sell

You may remember when credit card machines weren't so reliable, so stores sometimes used that little aluminum contraption with a roller over your card, and you had to sign the printed copy hard enough to ink onto the carbon paper. This is one of the reasons some cards still have those raised silver numbers on the front alongside your name and expiration date.

Recently, the free service rolled out a variety of services for businesses, including the ability to run specials designed to attract and retain customers. Launched in 2009 , Foursquare now boasts some 10 million users eager to let their friends know when they have "checked in" to a hip new store or favorite restaurant.

Is this the end of tattered, gummy, loyalty cards stuffing wallets to the brim? Perka Inc

Your life may be long overdue for a change. Can you stop resisting and take the plunge

Got a beef about the bathroom in your local Arby's? Tell John Sperry. He's up to his ears in customer complaints.

A mobile app that lets people send gift cards to friends is not the work of a deals company. But it is using discounts to deliver customers--especially the specific demographics individual merchants want--into brick-and-mortar stores. Daily deals have exploded into a $4 billion industry almost overnight because there’s no shortage of merchants who would like to lure online customers into their real-world establishments.

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Apotheker Replaced By Whitman At HP . Late yesterday, HP's board took a controversial decision and ousted its CEO Leo Apotheker after just 11 months in the role

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For years, the Android smartphone operating system stood as Google's neglected stepsister aside Apple's radiant iPhones and beloved iOS. That's all changing now. For years, the Android smartphone operating system stood as the neglected stepsister aside the iPhone’s radiant, beloved iOS.

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Starting a retail business isn't cheap. Here, Sharon Munroe shares how much it cost to open a consignment store in Austin

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"She doesn’t need customization," WePay co-founder Rich Aberman says of a Nebraska theater major. "She just wants to get up and running quickly." Let’s say you’re a 20 year-old college student, and you want a simple way to sell the crafts you make as a hobby to help fund a summer trip. Where do you go?

What happens when an employee disregards--or doesn't hear--a manager's instructions to save the company's Fourth of July barbecue hot dogs for a Labor Day soiree? We are not making this up.