Summary - Canadian Industry Statistics

Definition

This industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry, primarily engaged in: non-store retailing. These establishments use methods, such as door-to-door solicitation, in-home demonstration and temporary displaying of merchandise (stalls), to reach their customers and market their merchandise.

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  Example Activities:
  Canvassers (door-to-door), headquarters for retail sale of merchandise
  Cosmetics, house-to-house or party-plan selling, retail
  Direct personal retailing operators, retail
  Direct selling of merchandise (door-to-door), retail
  Door-to-door retailing of merchandise, retail
  Fruit stand (temporary), road side, retail
  Home providers, frozen food service, direct seller, retail
  House-to-house selling of coffee, soda, beer, bottled water, or other products, retail
  Housewares, house-to-house, telephone or party plan selling, retail
  Hucksters, retail
  Ice dealers, retail, door-to-door
  Magazine subscription sales (except mail order), retail Newspaper distributor, newspaper boy, retail
  Non-store retailing, direct sales (door-to-door), retail
  Party plan merchandising, retail
  Telephone selling of merchandise (retailing by home solicitation)
  Water selling, home distribution, retail

  Exclusions

  Establishments primarily engaged in:
  preparing and serving meals and snacks for immediate consumption from motorized vehicles catering a
  route or from non-motorized carts (see 722330 Mobile food services)