General line of merchandise

Retail term

A typical rural general store

General line of merchandise or general merchandise is a term used in retail and wholesale business in reference to merchandise not limited to some particular category. General merchandise stores (general stores) address this sector of retail.

According to the North American Industry Classification System 2002, the following types of general merchandise are excluded from the line carried by general stores:[1]

* general line of building and home improvement materials (44411, Home Centres)
* general line of grocery items (44511, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores)
* general line of used goods (45331, Used Merchandise Stores)

Regardless of this classification system, general stores indeed carry basic grocery items, often limited produce, basic hardware and gardening tools, and other necessaries of rural life.

## See also

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* Convenience store

## References

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1. ^ "North American Industry Classification (NAICS) 2002, "452 General Merchandise Stores (US)"". Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

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Key concepts|

* Counter display unit
* Display stand
* Endcap
* Facing
* Free standing display unit
* Gondola
* History of retail
* Merchandising
* Visual merchandising
* Point of sale display
* Retail design
* Retail merchandising unit
* Self-service
* Shelf-ready packaging

By product|

* Agricultural supplies
* Alcohol
* Antiques
* Automotive fuel
* Automotive parts
* Beauty products
* Books
* Cannabis
* Catering
* Mobile
* Chocolate
* Clothes
* Comics
* Confectionery
* Consumer electronics
* Cycles
* Doujin shop
* Dry goods
* Equestrian supplies
* Eyewear
* Fish
* Flowers
* Food
* Foodservice
* Fruit stand
* Furniture
* Garden centre
* Gardening supplies
* General merchandise
* Gold
* Greengrocer
* Grocery
* Public grocery
* Guns
* Hardware
* Health food
* Herbal tea
* Hobby supplies
* Home decor
* Home improvement products
* Ironmongery
* Jewellery
* Lingerie
* Lumber
* Magic supplies
* Meat
* Medications
* Medicinal plants
* Music
* Musical instruments
* News
* Office supplies
* Outdoor equipment
* Party supplies
* Personal accessories
* Pets and pet supplies
* Real estate
* Religious goods
* Sexual goods
* Shoes
* Skateboarding supplies
* Sporting goods
* Survival equipment
* Tickets
* Resale
* Online
* Tobacco
* Toys
* Vaping products
* Vehicles
* Video games

By format|

* Anchor tenant
* Automat
* Automated retail
* Big-box store
* Boot fair
* Boutique
* Brick and mortar
* Bring and buy sale
* Butcher shop
* Car boot sale
* Cash and carry
* Cashierless store
* Category killer
* Chain store
* Charity shop
* Closeout store
* Company store
* Consignment shop
* Consignment store (East Asia)
* Convenience store
* Automated convenience store
* Corner store
* Mini-mart
* Mini market
* Superette
* Dark store
* Department store
* Junior department store
* Public department store
* Discount store
* E-commerce
* Estate sale
* Experiential commerce
* Experiential retail
* Factory outlet
* Factory store
* Flash retailing
* Free box
* Freeshop
* Free store
* Garage sale
* General store
* Give-away shop
* Haberdasher
* Head shop
* High Street
* Honesty box
* Hospice shop
* Hyperstore
* Immersive commerce
* Inspect and pay
* Jumble sale
* Junk shop
* Lifestyle store
* Main Street
* Mall kiosk
* Market
* Bazaar
* Christmas market
* Dark market
* Dry market
* Grey market
* Farmers' market
* Fish market
* Flea market
* Floating market
* Hypermarket
* Marketplace
* Online marketplace
* Market booth
* Market hall
* Market stall
* Market square
* Mart
* Meat market
* Mercado
* Morning market
* Pasar pagi
* Night market
* Pasar malam
* Open-air market
* Palengke
* Pannier market
* Public market
* Souk
* Street market
* Supermarket
* warehouse supermarket
* Tianguis
* Traditional market
* Wet market
* Megastore
* Micro-retailing
* Military cooperative
* Moving sale
* Non-store retailing
* Off-price
* Omnichannel retail strategy
* Online grocer
* Online retailing
* Opportunity shop
* Outlet store
* Pop-up retail
* Pop-up shop
* Pop-up store
* Pretail
* Resale shop
* Retail kiosk
* Rummage sale
* Second-hand shop
* Shop-in-shop
* Shopping center
* Big-box center
* Community center
* Festival center
* Festival marketplace
* Galleria
* Lifestyle center
* Neighborhood shopping center
* Outlet center
* Outlet mall
* Pedestrian mall
* Plaza
* Power center
* Retail park
* Shopping arcade
* Shopping complex
* Shopping mall
* Shopping plaza
* Shopping precinct
* Strip center
* Strip mall
* Strip plaza
* Theme center
* Showroom
* Smartstore
* Smart shop
* Specialty store
* Store-in-store
* Store-within-a-store
* Supercenter
* Superstore
* Swap meet
* Indoor swap meet
* Swap shop
* Tag sale
* Thrift store
* Unmanned store
* Variety store
* Dollar store
* Five and dime store
* Vending machine
* Warehouse club
* Warehouse store
* Web store
* White elephant sale
* Wholesale club
* Yard sale

By type|

* Arabber
* Boutique
* Braderie
* Butcher shop
* Concession stand
* Cooked food centre
* Costermonger
* Direct sellers
* Duty-free shop
* Food booth
* Food cart
* Food court
* Food hall
* Food kiosk
* Food stall
* Food stand
* Food truck
* Gift shop
* Hawker
* Hawker centre
* Ice cream truck
* Ice cream van
* Museum shop
* Pawn shop
* Peddler
* Pharmacies
* Refreshment stand
* Snack bar
* Snack kiosk
* Souvenir shop
* Surplus store
* Tack shop
* Tax-free shopping
* Tuck shop

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