1.   All three are stocked with much the same merchandise.

2.   Although prices tend to be higher than at discount stores, cost comparison between department stores is often unnecessary because most carry the same merchandise at comparable prices.

3.   And people want to find the same merchandise in the Middle East that they have in Europe.

4.   And multiple classes of shares result in one group of investors paying more for the same merchandise than the next group pays.

5.   Both sell the same merchandise as department stores, only at lower prices.

6.   I know the feeling of seeing the same merchandise offered over and over again.

7.   If the tunnel was built, the same merchandise could travel nonstop by rail from New Jersey and points west under the Hudson River directly to Brooklyn.

8.   Meanwhile, pretty much the same merchandise was readily available in a variety of stores across the country, forcing merchants to differentiate themselves with price tags.

9.   Others note that there are too many stores for too few consumers and that too many stores offer the same merchandise.

10.   Sales have declined in recent years as department stores started offering the same merchandise at even lower prices.