1967 Census of Business: Major Retail Centers in Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas. BC67-MRC 1-52, Volumes 39-49

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Page 39-98 - This major group includes retail establishments selling prepared foods and drinks for consumption on the premises; and also lunch counters and refreshment stands selling prepared foods and drinks for immediate consumption. Restaurants...
Page 39-98 - Many such stores also sell radio and television sets. Retail stores operated by public utility companies and primarily engaged in the sale of electric and gas appliances for household use are classified in this industry.
Page 41-11 - Some of the important characteristics of retail trade establishments are: the establishment is usually a place of business and is engaged in activities to attract the general public to buy; the establishment buys or receives merchandise as well as sells; the establishment may process its products, but such processing is incidental or subordinate to selling; the establishment is considered as retail in the trade; and the establishment sells to customers for personal or household use.
Page 41-15 - Estimates of monthly retail sales by major kind-of-business groups and selected individual kinds of business; separate figures shown, in more limited kind-of-business detail, for firms operating 11 or more retail stores. Summary sales data presented for geographic regions and divisions, and for selected States and large standard metropolitan statistical areas.
Page 41-12 - Establishments primarily selling a variety of merchandise in the low and popular price ranges, such as stationery, gift items, women's accessories, toilet articles, light hardware, toys, housewares, confectionery. These establishments frequently are known as "5 and 10 cent" stores and "5 cents to a dollar" stores, although merchandise is usually sold outside these price ranges.
Page 41-12 - Furniture, home furnishings, appliances, radio and TV sets. 2. A general line of apparel for the family. 3. Household linens and dry goods.

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