Retail services provided by grocery stores; retail services provided by convenience stores; retail store services featuring foodstuffs; wholesale services relating to foodstuffs; on-line retail store services featuring foodstuffs; on-line wholesale store services featuring foodstuffs; retail services featuring a wide variety of consumer goods; presentation of goods on communications media for retail purposes; bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods, excluding the transport thereof, enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods; assistance in product commercialization within the framework of a franchise contract; providing assistance in the field of business management and product commercialization within the framework of a franchise contract.