Variant of NAICS 1997 - Labour Force Survey (LFS) Industries

• 7 - Services-Producing Sector
• 8 - Trade
• 44-45 - Retail Trade
• 454 - Non-Store Retailers
• 4543 - Direct Selling Establishments
• 45439 - Other Direct Selling Establishments

454390 - Other Direct Selling Establishments

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry, primarily engaged in non-store retailing. These establishments use methods, such as door-to-door solicitation, in-home demonstration and temporary displaying of merchandise (stalls), to reach their customers and market their merchandise.

• Example Activities:

  • Canvassers (door-to-door), headquarters for retail sale of merchandise
  • Cosmetics, house-to-house or party-plan selling, retail
  • Direct personal retailing operators
  • Direct selling of merchandise (door-to-door)
  • Door-to-door retailing of merchandise
  • Fruit stand (temporary), road side
  • Home provisioners, frozen food service, direct seller
  • House-to-house selling of coffee, soda, beer, bottled water, or other products, retail
  • Housewares, house-to-house, telephone or party plan selling, retail
  • Hucksters, retail
  • Ice dealers-retail, door-to-door
  • Magazine subscription sales (except mail-order), retail
  • Newspaper distributor, newspaper boy
  • Non-store retailing, direct sales (door-to-door)
  • Party plan merchandising, retail
  • Telephone selling of merchandise (retailing by home solicitation)
  • Water selling, home distribution