Analysts once raised red flags warning that online convenience stores and Internet grocers could grow to be the next big threat to brick-and-mortar retailers. A year later, however, it's the online retailers that are scrambling for survival.
With the petroleum business slowly returning to normal in Europe, retailers in the United States expressed concern that aggressive consumer behavior demonstrated overseas could be an ominous sign of things to come this winter if fuel prices keep rising.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in New York focused only on fountain-dispensed drinks handled by large foodservice distributors who control deliveries to chains of restaurants and theaters.
