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Many in India fear that its local stores will be hurt if Wal-Mart is allowed to open American-style retail stores.

J.C. Penney Co. has named Ron Johnson, who pioneered Apple Inc.'s retail stores, the department store chain's next CEO.

As the Verizon iPhone starts reaching the hands of end users, AT&T continues to add sweetener to its service to try to keep end users.

In this case, effective on Feb. 10, which coincidentally is when the Verizon iPhone reaches retail stores, AT&T customers will have free calling to any U.S. mobile number.

Wal-Mart surely wasn't happy to see its arch-rival Target get the iPad on Oct. 3rd. Wal-Mart, in May, said it was expecting to begin offering the iPad for sale in its U.S. retail stores "later this year," but it hasn't happened ... yet.

Starbucks has pulled a mug from its retail stores after a claim by Mexico that the coffee company has violated its intellectual property rights.

The claim is for a line of coffee mugs showing pre-Hispanic images.

Microsoft has previously said that the Microsoft Retail Stores would open this fall, but been vague about the whole project.

We already knew of a Paris-based Windows "Cafe" that is opening on Oct. 22nd (Windows 7 D-Day), and that Microsoft was hiring away Apple Retail Store managers.

Now we know of at least one retail site that's opening on Oct. 22nd: Scottsdale, AZ.

Microsoft, apparently not satisfied with its upcoming retail stores, is opening a cafe in Paris, France. To be exact, a Windows 7 cafe, to help launch its new operating system.

Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it is planning to open its first two retail stores in Arizona and California this fall.

In February announced it was going to being opening retail stores. On Wednesday, the company announced stores would be opening in the fall, some of them next to Apple Stores.

Many hospitals see walk-in clinics at retail stores as a source of paying patients and a marketing opportunity.