Bus monitors should have knowledge of the English language, public safety and security policies and procedures, psychology, and personal service. Assessing the needs of children and others around them is important for a bus monitor.
DEFINITION of 'Retail Sales'. An aggregated measure of the sales of retail goods over a stated time period, typically based on a data sampling that is extrapolated to model an entire country. In the U.S., the retail sales report is a monthly economic indicator compiled and released by the Census Bureau and the Department of Commerce.
Retail is usually classified by type of products as follows: 1  Food products â typically require cold storage facilities. 2  Hard goods or durable goods (hardline retailers) â automobiles, appliances, electronics, furniture, sporting goods, lumber, etc., and parts for them.t was first recorded as a noun with the meaning of a sale in small quantities in 1433 (from the Middle French retail, piece cut off, shred, scrap, paring). Like in French, the word retail in both Dutch and German also refers to the sale of small quantities of items.