11.   Discount stores like Wal-Mart will be the number one destination by consumers, followed by mass merchandise stores like Sears, and then traditional department stores.

12.   For that, he sends customers to the few nearby general merchandise stores that carry computers and computer products.

13.   General merchandise stores also suffered.

14.   He said he plans to recommend a targeted boycott of Disney theme parks and merchandise stores.

15.   He said he was also negotiating with the National Basketball Association and Viacom to open themed merchandise stores in the ground-floor retail space.

16.   If you are not in a hurry, there are less expensive tooth-whitening products available in most general merchandise stores.

17.   Its general merchandise stores -- the famous Woolworth five and dime stores -- continue to perform poorly, some analysts said.

18.   Look for Aveeno products at drug and mass merchandise stores.

19.   Many, like online jeweler Blue Nile and clothing store Estyle, offer products that general merchandise stores do not, to reduce the threat of price competition.