The storefront operators may never handle the drugs, which can be mailed directly to consumers in the United States, the officials said.
The four United States attorneys in California said that they would move against landlords who rent space to the storefront operators of medical marijuana dispensaries, whom prosecutors suspect of using the law to cover large-scale for-profit drug sales.
Now, by becoming web merchants instead of, or in addition, to storefront operators, the opportunity equation for these entrepreneurs has expanded exponentially.
"We will support Nokia's Ovi Store, operator storefronts and third-party applications retailers, and they can do whatever they want to do," Williams says.
Mr. Reece, 42, runs his coffin-building company, Sunnah Caskets, out of a storefront and works as a boiler operator for the city.
Breaking News: RIM (Blackberry) has announced that they are working to add mobile operator billing to their application storefront.
India's largest call-center operator, Genpact, has set up branded storefronts in 19 cities, where applicants can learn about the company and apply for a job; no resume required.
Wireless operators can also offer their own customization to that storefront experience.
But overnight, Alvin Reed, the bar's operator, removed the fixtures and furnishings and took them to a nearby storefront, where, he has said, he plans to reopen.
Bango also works with Opera on its app storefront; with a number of app publishers including EA, Gameloft and Fox; and operators like AT&T, Sprint and Vodafone.
