T-shirt maker has dual motive: Doing well, doing good

At Sevenly, a business started by young entrepreneurs in Fullerton, Calif., a key to the operation is the number seven.

New strategies propel dollar stores to strong growth

A few days after the New Year's holiday, clerks at the Dollar Tree store in the St. Paul, Minn., Midway neighborhood were busily setting up new displays celebrating Valentine's Day and Super Bowl Sunday. Any remnants of the Christmas holiday season were long stowed away, and the bright new merchandise enticed shoppers anew.

Business seek olfactory identity via 'scent branding'

Lately, it seems you don't have to be anywhere near a garden to stop and smell the roses.

Chinese investor's grad plans for US take a stumble

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - Winston Chung came to Southern California two years ago like a standard-bearer for the new China, a wealthy Hong Kong entrepreneur with visions of creating an electric vehicle industry by reviving struggling manufacturing firms.