Sentences with phrase «general merchandise stores»

Sales at general merchandise stores fell 5.3 per cent in December, while health and personal care stores dropped 3.8 per cent.

Positions in general merchandise stores such as the Target and Walmart pharmacies have a slightly lower median salary of $ 29,170.

This is followed by general medical and surgical hospitals (71,390 pharmacists; 61,530 technicians), grocery stores (22,670 pharmacists; 31,300 technicians), other general merchandise stores (16,940 pharmacists; 30,270 technicians), and department stores (10,330 pharmacists; 12,770 technicians).

Kroger (KR), the nation's largest grocer, announced Thursday it would raise the age for weapon purchases at its Fred Meyer general merchandise stores.

Its scale gave it leverage with toy sellers and it disrupted general merchandise stores and mom - and - pop shops.

Target Corp. engages in owning and operating of general merchandise stores.

Tracing its history back to an original store in Coldwater, Mississippi, opened in 1947, today fred's is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, and operates over 700 discount general merchandise stores, including 24 franchised fred's stores, mainly across the southeastern states.

«The value of the «wireless mall» is that it cost - effectively extends the MerchantWired network to multiple retailers and allows retailers of all sizes to benefit from the same high levels of productivity and efficiency once reserved for the large - scale general merchandise stores,» says James Giuliano, III, president and CEO of MerchantWired.

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.

General, medical, and surgical hospitals come next, employing about 56,050 pharmacy technicians and paying them an average of $ 33,830 per annum, which is significantly higher compared to those working in general merchandise stores (24,730 workers paid at an average $ 28,080).

Cashiers often work in retail establishments such as grocery stores, gasoline stations, and other general merchandise stores.

Les Wexner, born to immigrant parents from Russia, grew up working at the general merchandise store they operated in Columbus, Ohio.

U.S. - owned Safeway, which is mainly located in Western Canada, adds another $ 6.2 billion (7 %), and Costco, which is classified as a general merchandise store, has approximate food sales of $ 4 billion.

Other retailers were shedding jobs: clothing stores, electronics stores, health and personal care stores, sporting goods stores, general merchandise stores, department stores, miscellaneous retailers such as toy stores...

«General merchandise stores» (the rest of the label was cut off in the chart) also includes warehouse clubs and supercenters.

Choosing a lower cost flea product or a «do - it - yourself» dewormer at a general merchandise store is another option a pet owner might try to save money.

We carry one product that we like, but there are many different products on the market that are available through pet stores and even in grocery stores / 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.

In 2012, the industry that paid the best median annual wage for pharmacists, $ 128,910, was general merchandise stores.

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.

War with Iraq has prompted the National Retail Federation (NRF) to revise its 2003 forecast for GAFS sales (general merchandise stores, apparel stores, furniture and home furnishings stores, electronics and appliances...

Three restaurant chains made it on the list, along with a drugstore chain and a general merchandise store.

More than half of the jobs added in the Trade, Transportation and Utilities industry came in retail trade (+18,700), with solid gains in general merchandise stores (+6,800) and food and beverage stores (+5,600).