Economic Census for Business Activity (See "7 Business Activity" for details.) Data are based on aggregation by 14 Wholesale and Retail Trade 14 Wholesale and Retail Trade 355 This chapter contains statistics on wholesale and retail trade. individual industries (for wholesale and retail trade) in the Economic Census for Business Activity. Annual sales of goods Annual sales refer to the total sales of corporeality goods from 1 January of the previous year to 31 December. Self-service system (Retail trade by legal entities only) The "self-service system"refers to when 50% or more of the sales floor area of the place of business fulfils the following three conditions. <1> the consumer will see the price of merchandise by way of indicators such as price tags, <2> the consumer will individually carry the desired goods in shopping baskets, carts or trays supplied by the shop, <3> the consumer will pay the total amount of the goods at the cashier. Current Survey of Commerce (Fundamental Statistical Survey) The survey was started in 1953 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry with the aim to clarify the trend of sales by wholesale and retail establishments and enterprises. At the beginning, the survey was conducted quarterly, yet it was reorganised to a monthly survey in October 1959. As regards department stores, a separate survey of "Department Store Sales Statistics" had been compiled including the revision made in 1978 and was then integrated into the "Current Survey of Commerce". The survey covers establishments under Division "I" of the Japan Standards Industrial Classification (wholesale and retail trade) (excluding agency businesses, brokerage businesses). Department stores Department stores are defined as establishments falling under the classification of "department stores and general merchandise supermarkets" by the Japan Standard Industrial Classification, and do not come under the classification of supermarkets, with a floor area of 3,000 square metres or more in the ku-area of Tokyo and the ordinance-designated cities, and of 1,500 square metres or more in all other regions. Supermarkets Supermarkets refer to establishments adopting the self-service method for 50 percent or more of floor area, and having at least 1,500 square metres of sales floor area. However, subsidiaries of large-scale specialty retailers for home electric appliances, drugstores and home improvement stores targeted in this survey are excluded.
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