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A store that sells clothes, hardware and farm supplies is definitely
not a convenience store. The wiki description of shop=general seems
to very precisely describe what you're talking about: "A general
store<span class="plainlinks" title="w:en:general store"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:general_store"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="padding:0 1px"></span><span style="white-space:normal"><bdi></bdi></span></span></a></span>
is an establishment selling various things. It is an old type of
shop that covered all, or nearly all, of the needs of the entire
settlement. They were popular and continue to exist mostly in rural
or remote locations."<br>
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A variety store on the other hand is defined as "A retail shop that
sells inexpensive items, usually with a single price point for all
items in the store. Typical merchandise includes cleaning supplies,
toys, and confectionery", which is a very different concept.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2021-07-05 13:09, Glen Scott wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Variety Store?</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 5 Jul 2021 at 15:43,
Jherome Miguel <<a href="mailto:jheromemiguel@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">jheromemiguel@gmail.com</a>>
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<div dir="auto">I’ve been using shop=general to tag general
merchandise stores – a type of store that is of a size in
between sari-sari stores and groceries/supermarkets, sells
everyday staples like groceries, home goods, stationery, and
some clothes, construction supplies, farm supplies, and
hardware, and commonly found in commercial centers of many
towns and small cities, as well as barangays. Some of these
are clearly marked as general merchandise stores in their
signs, and some are named like sari-saris, the name being in
the format “[Owner’s first or last name] Store”. We
currently don’t have an recommended tag for it, and except
for those that have “General Merchandise” on their name and
sells a general line of retail goods but is not essential in
nature, is tagged the same way as sari-saris with
shop=convenience. Is this a good tagging idea? Any further
suggested tags?</div>
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