Receipts at gasoline stations fell 0.6 percent, while sales dropped 0.5 percent at clothing chains and 0.2 percent
at general merchandise stores.
The BLS estimates that nearly 375,000 new retail sales jobs will be available through 2018, and the sector's fastest job growth may be
at general merchandise stores that sell a wide variety of items at low prices.
At $ 5.6 billion, sales
at general merchandise stores were about $ 100 million higher than in September than a year earlier, but essentially unchanged from June this year.
Les Wexner, born to immigrant parents from Russia, grew up working
at the general merchandise store they operated in Columbus, Ohio.
Not exact matches
Kroger (KR), the nation's largest grocer, announced Thursday it would raise the age for weapon purchases
at its Fred Meyer
general merchandise stores.
«We follow all state and local laws regulating the sales of sporting - related firearms
at our select
general -
merchandise Fred Meyer
stores,» she said.
In -
store, our customers enjoy a one - stop shopping experience with
general merchandise, fresh grocery, pharmacy and photocentres available
at many of our locations in addition to the numerous products and services available through the businesses who operate in Walmart Canada
stores including Tim Hortons, McDonalds and dry cleaners.
Food and grocery
stores are less reliant on pre-Christmas spending than
general merchandise retailers, but the major supermarket chains are taking no chances, particularly after sales in the supermarket sector grew in August
at the slowest rate since June 2016.
Now reassembled from the ground up, the Oaxaca Village exhibit - which opens Saturday during Hispanic Heritage Month and will remain
at the museum for four months - has a marketplace overflowing with brightly colored wares, a
general store laden with
merchandise, a furnished adobe house and a central...
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