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Retail trade
Retail Trade Retailers are business firms engaged in offering goods and services directly to consumers. In most—but not all—cases, retail outlets are primarily concerned with selling merchandise. Typically, such businesses sell individual units or small groupings of products to large... Read more |
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store
store commonly a shop or stall for the retail sale of commodities, but also a place where wholesale supplies are kept, exhibited, or sold. Retailing—the sale of merchandise to the consumer—is one of the oldest businesses in the world and was practiced in prehistoric times. Total retail... Read more |
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Stage Stores Inc
Stage Stores, Inc. 10201 Main StreetHouston, Texas 77025U.S.A.Telephone: (713) 667-5601Fax: (713) 663-9780Web site: http://www.stagestoresinc.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1988 as Specialty Retailers, Inc.Employees: 13,304Sales: $1.34 billion (2005)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol:... Read more |
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Nagasakiya Co. Ltd
Nagasakiya Co., Ltd. 3-7-14 Higashi-NihonbashiChuo-kuTokyo 103JapanTelephone: (03) 3661 3810Fax: (03) 3664 3843Web site: http://www.nagasakiya.co.jp Private CompanyIncorporated: 1948Employees: 5,000NAIC: 445110 Supermarkets; 445120 Convenience Food Stores Nagasakiya Co., Ltd. is one of... Read more |
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The Childrens Place Retail Stores Inc
The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. 915 Secaucus RoadSecaucus, New Jersey 07094-2409U.S.A.Telephone: (201... Read more |
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Sam Walton
Sam Walton (Samuel Moore Walton), 1918-92, American retailing executive, b. Kingfisher, Okla. After 17 years of operating franchise retail stores, he opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City in Rogers, Ark., in 1962. Walton developed Wal-Mart into a chain of massive, centrally controlled stores that... Read more |
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sales tax
sales tax levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. It may be levied each time a commodity... Read more |
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New England Electric System
New England Electric System 25 Research DriveWestborough, Massachusetts 01582U.S.A.(508) 366-9011Fax: (508) 366-9011, extension 2698 Public Company Incorporated: 1926 as New England Power AssociationEmployees: 5,666Sales: $1.86 billionStock Exchanges: New York Boston Pacific Cincinnati... Read more |
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Walgreen Co
Walgreen Co. 200 Wilmot Road Deerfield, Illinois 60015-4620 U.S.A. Telephone: (847) 940-2500 Toll Free: (800) 289-2273 Fax: (847) 914-2804 Web site: http://www.walgreens.com Public Company Incorporated: 1916 Employees: 154,000 Sales: $32.51 billion (2003) Stock Exchanges: New York... Read more |
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Mazel Stores Inc
Mazel Stores, Inc. 31000 Aurora RoadSolon, Ohio 44139U.S.A.(440) 248-5200Fax: (440) 349-4056Web site: http://www.mazelstores.com Public Company Incorporated: 1975 as The Mazel CompanyEmployees: 1,181Sales: $237.1 million (1998)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQTicker Symbol: MAZLNAIC: 45299 All Other... Read more |
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Enterprising kid swims to the top
...s biggest retailers, including...There were, I suggested...Yeah, I saw that...quite good, I guess...I've got cousins who...with his Dad in the sea off Hawaii. "I saw ... |
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TIM GROBATY: Joe Jost's pickled eggs, tradition spice up LB
...Jost was my mother...sailed to Hawaii and Australia...and married my grandma...attend? A: I went to Lowell...s? A: I got involved in 1975. My dad was a beer...t be a ... |
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Project Discovery
...s one of my best friends. I talk to him all the time...the rest of Hawaii was celebrating...you, and I felt I had...again. I went into seclusion...stayed with my ... |
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Store expands from its farmhouse and tobacco barn roots to all across America.
...specialty retailer of those products...Garvin. "I think he convinced his dad to rent one...then moved all the inventory...added, "I even chopped...phenomenal to see all the vehicles...to Europe, Hawaii, and ... |