21.   In most states a retailer may legally sell foods beyond the date on the package as long as the product can be considered unspoiled and safe to eat.

22.   Instead of refrigerating all cheeses and putting them on display as soon as they are delivered, the best retailers sell cheeses only when they are in peak condition.

23.   Mainstream retailers are selling everything from plastic housewares to plastic CD storage cabinets faster than you can burp your Tupperware.

24.   Only the retailers can sell to the drinking public.

25.   Other retailers sold convertible issues this week.

26.   Patterson said Best Buy, Circuit City and other electronic retailers sell Pioneer, Sony and Alpine radios designed for XM radio transmissions.

27.   Retailers are also selling more uniforms, as schools try to eliminate peer pressures associated with gangs and brand-name clothes.

28.   Retailers sold domestic rice along with the imported stuff, but consumers simply tossed out the imported long-grain variety once they got it home.

29.   Stroh owes its gains to the fact that Quebec, unlike other provinces, allows retailers to sell beer in supermarkets and convenience stores.

30.   The Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer did sell guns in its stores until two years ago.