Retail Trade Sub-sector focus: Food and Beverage Stores  

Posted: 5:17 pm Thu, March 18, 2010
By RESI

Food and Beverage Stores, the largest sub-sector of the Retail Trade industry, typically holds a share of 24.0 percent of the total industry employment base in Maryland. During the most recent reporting period (second quarter of 2009), the sub-sector expanded at a seasonally adjusted rate of 0.4 percent, increasing its employment base to approximately 65,000. On ...