Division GRetail Trade

Division G Retail Trade

Division G Retail Trade

This Division includes all employers engaged in the purchasing and onselling of new or used goods to the final consumer for personal or household consumption, or in selected repair activities such as repair of household equipment or motor vehicles.

Retailers generally operate from premises located and designed to attract a high volume of walk-in customers, have an extensive display of goods and/or use mass media advertising which is designed to attract customers. The display and advertising of goods may be physical or electronic. Physical display and advertising includes shops, printed catalogues, billboards and print advertisements. Electronic display and advertising includes catalogues, internet websites, television and radio advertisements and infomercials.

Employers included in this Division include department stores or other shops, motor vehicle retailers and service outlets, stalls, mail order houses, hawkers, door-to-door sellers, milk vendors, vending machine operators and consumer cooperatives.

Employers that purchase and onsell goods to the public via the Internet and employers sellings goods on a commission basis to final consumers for personal or household consumption are also included in this Division.

However, cafes, restaurants, hotels and motels are included in Division H Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants.

Employers engaged in reselling their own goods by auction are included in this Division, but employers which are engaged in providing auctioning services for others are included in Division L Property and Business Services.