1.   And it lets other merchants use its site to hold auctions or run online stores.

2.   A study by the Department of Transportation found a quarter of the commercial spaces occupied by vehicles used by merchants for commuting.

3.   For example, a merchant could use it to track customers who had passed bad checks.

4.   Indeed, before FDR merchants were using Thanksgiving for parades and sales.

5.   Local merchants used portable snow blowers and shovels to keep the walkways in front of their stores clear for customers.

6.   Local merchants are using him to sell virtually everything, even bagels.

7.   Merchants would use the server software to create data bases of goods, publish electronic catalogues, handle secure transactions and keep customer records.

8.   On the Internet, merchants could use the ID numbers, along with passwords, to enhance the security of on-line retailing.

9.   Some merchants also use the liquidation sale tactic to unload goods that are used or broken, he said.

10.   Terry Wilson, sales manager for Loizeauex Brothers Inc. of Neptune, N.J., which publishes reference books, said Christian merchants should use some discretion.