47.62
Class
Retail sale of newspapers, and other periodical publications and stationery
SDMX: G4762
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
4 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This class includes: - retail sale of newspapers, periodicals and journals
+ Also Includes
This class also includes: - retail sale of stationery, office and school supplies (e.g. pens, pencils, paper)
✗ Excludes
This class excludes: - retail sale of art tools and materials for drawing, painting and sculpting, see 47.69 - distribution of newspapers via streaming or downloading by their publishers, see 58.12 - distribution of periodicals and journals via streaming or downloading by their publishers, see 58.13
Frequently Confused With
Who is this code for?
Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIXManagers and directors in retail and wholesale
SOC 2020:1150 Common titles: Shop manager, Retail director
Sales and retail assistants
SOC 2020:7111 Common titles: Shop assistant, Sales person
Retail cashiers and check-out operators
SOC 2020:7112 Common titles: Cashier, Checkout assistant
Related Occupations
Importers and exportersStock control clerks and assistants
Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section G (Retail sale of newspapers, and other periodical publications and stationery).
In this section
Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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