E-commerce accounts for less than 2% of retail sales in India, but online sales are growing fast as more consumers gain web access and merchants show them the value of web shopping.Animals, weather and natural disasters affect inventory for web-only trees and plants retailer Nature Hills Nursery.Excuse Chicago Bulls fans for bit; there were a few magical moments this off-season where they thought they were going to have two super All-Stars on their team.With the second-round series between the Indiana Pacers and Washington Wizards set to begin, all attention is on Pacer center Roy Hibbert.Central DuPage Hospital's eight-year-old affiliation with Lurie children's hospital has attracted so many patients that the west suburban facility wants to expand its pediatric units, a sharp contrast with the trend at several other area hospitals.With images of pigs and barbecued meats tattooed on his left calf, Brian Polak is doing what he can to cope with the highest price of bacon in three decades. The 41-year-old self-proclaimed “baconholic” now often cures his own at...Online marketplaces, or online shopping malls where consumers can purchase from a variety of merchants on one website, have become big business—both for e-retailers selling on online shopping portals and for the online marketplaces themselves.Jet.com has acquired customers quickly, and those customers have spent nearly $1 billion on the online marketplace in less than a year since its launch.