1.   Fighting shoplifters is a constant battle for retail merchants and those carrying Olympics merchandise are no different.

2.   His father, Simon, was a retail merchant who owned hat and hardware stores.

3.   It also has a Linette Division that distributes merchandise wholesale outside of normal distribution channels to retail merchants, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

4.   She said sales taxes are intended to pay for such services as police, fire, sewer and water for retail merchants.

5.   Still, some American importers caution that there may be a limit to the variety of Chilean wine that retail merchants can absorb.

6.   The loaders rent the spaces to restaurateurs and retail merchants who shop for seafood in the predawn hours, when the market comes alive.

7.   Trade shows, where retail merchants buy goods for resale, generally take place for three or four days over a long weekend.

8.   Retail merchants in downtown Port of Spain have also been hit in the past month by dozens of nighttime robberies on their stores.