By JENNI MINTZ, Scripps Howard News Service

Derek Rodner calls them "returnaholics," a breed of shoppers costing the retail industry an estimated $10 billion to $15 billion a year, according to the National Retail Federation.

They might buy a big-screen TV for the Super Bowl, a computer to write a term paper or a dress for a special occasion, with no intent to keep the item.

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VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. - For years, bananas have been advertised as the perfect food, but Steve Barnard doesn't think so.

"I think it's getting dislodged," said Barnard, CEO of Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce Inc., an avocado importer, packer and shipper. "I think the avocado is giving it a run for its money."

Business is heating up for Jack Santoro, owner of a company specializing in antique stoves.

With the economy teetering toward a recovery, many consumers are more likely to salvage their old stoves and other appliances rather than shop for replacements.

In the latest flap over a Bad Ass Coffee cafe, the owner of one in conservative Thousand Oaks, Calif. has decided to change the name of his establishment in a bid to attract more customers.

Narinder Kumar said he renamed his establishment Royal Aloha Coffee "to make the community happy."

VENTURA, Calif. -- It's not the Wii, but the new talking Jesus doll is grabbing national attention this holiday season.