The structure devoted to this purpose is two stories in height, the second floor being reserved for wholesale business, while the basement or ground-floor consists of a multitude of retail shops, where nearly every conceivable kind of goods is offered for sale.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
My dear child, their self-esteem is so powerful they never feel them; and even when they do, the chances are that they store them up in their memories, to retail afterwards as their own.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Take a small town, for instance, where there are many retail stores.
"Dollars and Sense"
Col. Wm. C. Hunter