"We are experimenting with a storefront operation," Mr. Foster said.

"The storefront operations, those are easy," he said.

For a struggling storefront operation, a 5 percent increase in sales can make the difference between shutting its doors or staying open, Ms. Smith said.

They did - until last week, when the group unexpectedly opened a storefront operation in Mission Hill, the city's most racially and economically diverse neighborhood.

Within this storefront operation, an artist - Charles Gabriel - is at work.

From a storefront operation their business grew and in 1932 they were able to build an entirely new structure in the South Bronx.

The company has grown from a storefront operation to a nationwide concern that will handle more than 12 million individual tax returns this year.

The entry point for these networks may be a small storefront operation.

Irving was the brother who concentrated on storefront operations, while Murray was the idea and money man.

The company started its original storefront operation in Dallas.