Official classification context
Industry overview This Industry group comprises establishments engaged in the retail of a variety of goods for clothing, foods and housing, as nonstore retailers, and it is diffi cult by their nature to determine the primary merchandise for sale of the establishments. However, the establishments engaged in retails of a variety of goods for clothing, foods and housing at store are classified in Major group 56[561 or 569], and the nonstore establishments engaged in the retail of the merchandize which does not cover a wide range over clothing, foods and housing are classified in
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