Stores selling lawn and garden equipment and supplies (NAICS code 4442) saw a sales increase of about 5 percent.
Not surprisingly, among the least profitable categories were two directly tied to the still-lagging real estate market: stores selling lawn and garden equipment and supplies, and building material and supplies dealers.
EUROPE'S biggest department store and mail-order chain, Germany's KarstadtQuelle, has announced a drastic restructuring, which may involve the sale or closure of 77 smaller stores and the disposal of other outlets specialising in clothing and sports equipment.
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Another dominant player in their market, Vitamix, has been providing professional-grade mixing equipment to restaurants and stores since the 1950s.
The ability to get a loan is how you finance the purchase of everything from a home to a car to a college education, how stores stock their shelves, farms buy equipment, and businesses make payroll.
Best Buy, which already added musical instruments to its regular electronics inventories in an effort to fill floor space, is also getting into health and exercise equipment to better utilize its larger stores.
The company purchases and roasts high-quality whole bean coffees and sells them, along with fresh, rich-brewed coffees, Italian-style espresso beverages, cold blended beverages, complementary food items, a selection of teas, and beverage-related accessories and equipment, through its company-operated retail stores.
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The mild climes were bad for apparel stores and sporting-goods purveyors, which were stuck with boots, coats and snow-sport equipment.
Aereo uses specially designed equipment that crams 80 dime-sized TV antennas on a single circuit board and stores programming that users can access by logging in to a website.
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The Hometown stores, which focus on small communities in 50 states, sell home appliances, consumer electronics, lawn and garden equipment, and hardware, plus Puerto Rico and Guam.
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Or, market leaders could follow the well-trodden path to obsolescence, like Ames Department Stores, Woolworths, Digital Equipment, Wang Laboratories, Kodak, Motorola, Blockbuster, Borders, Tower Records, and numerous other one-time market leaders.
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