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1. Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS)
2. Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)
3. Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS)
4. Brick-and-mortar-retailers
5. Business-to-business (B-to-B or B2B)
6. Business-to-consumer (B-to-C or B2C)
7. E-Commerce
8. E-Revenues
9. E-Sales – In regards to the E-Stats report, this term describes market value of e-commerce activity for merchant wholesale trade and retail sales.
10. E-Shipments
11. E-Stats
12. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
13. Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses
14. Manufacturing Sales Branches and Offices (MSBOs) – This term refers to establishments maintained by manufacturing, refining, or mining enterprises apart from their plants or mines for the purpose of marketing their products. Sales branches will typically carry inventories, while sales offices typically do not.
15. Merchant Wholesalers
16. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
17. Selected Service Industries
18. Service Annual Survey