Official classification context
Industry overview This refers to the establishments, as the head offices primarily engaged in controlling establishments of nonstore retailers, engaged in the operations except the work- site ope rations for managing and controlling operations across the whole organization to promote the management of the own company, personnel affairs/personnel training, general affairs, financial affairs/accounting, legal affairs, intellectual property management , planning, public information/advertising, investigation/research and development, production/project management, real estate management, information system management, management of equipments and materials, buying/raw materials purchase, service/material procurement.
Major group context This major group comprises the establishments which have no store, and advertise the merchandise on catalogue, newspaper, magazine, television, radio or Internet, and by use of means of communication receive orders from individuals and sells the merchandise, the establishments which sell or contract to sell their merchandise door -to door to the individuals, and the establishments which sells commodity through vending machine, and the other nonstore retailer establishments. If, however, the retail establishments which have their store(s) also engage in mail- order business through internet or the like or vending machine business, or the street stall sales or moving stall sales, these establishments are classified in the Major group 56 -- 60 according to the type of their merchandise. If the establishments engaged in the manufacture of the products retail by mail-order without having their store, they are classified in the Division E -- Manufacture. Group Class Number Number