1.   Apparel and department stores loaded up on inventories during the first quarter when demand was strong, and sluggish sales failed to empty their shelves.

2.   As a result, prices of goods in Guatemala City skyrocketed, prompting panicked residents to empty grocery store shelves.

3.   Continuing uncertainty about the value of the currency caused major stores to halt credit card transactions, even as their shelves were being emptied of essential goods.

4.   Desperate parents stormed stores and emptied shelves within minutes.

5.   Others, deciding to ride out the storm, emptied store shelves of emergency supplies.

6.   Residents flocked to grocery stores, where they emptied shelves of bread, water, ice, milk and canned food.

7.   With full-scale digital distribution, the Internet itself becomes a music library, and home shelves can be emptied.

8.   However, Kommersant said customers were emptying shelves in some Russian cities and there was high demand for dollars in certain regions even at the higher rates.

9.   On St. Thomas, people shopping for emergency supplies emptied shelves as fast as stockers could refill them.

10.   Store shelves are being emptied of disinfectant wipes.