Definition
A general merchandise store is an establishment primarily selling household linens and dry goods, and either apparel and accessories or furniture and home furnishings.
Establishments that meet the criteria for department stores, except as to employment, are included in this classification. Included for Census purposes are establishments whose sales of apparel or of furniture and home furnishings exceed half of their total sales, if sales of the smaller of the two lines in combination with dry goods and household linens accounts for 20 percent of total sales.[1]
See also
References
- ^ American Marketing Association, AMA Dictionary.