Carry on your shop floor

[dhejejjeskms]

Hi, everybody.

Would you explain about the highlighted sentence?
(It is from a NPR radio program.)

YUKI NOGUCHI, BYLINE: Jim Kittle's family furniture business has operated throughout Indiana for nearly nine decades.

JIM KITTLE: It was started by my grandfather, then my father.

NOGUCHI: What kinds of things do you carry on your shop floor?

KITTLE: Bedroom, dining room, living room, occasional tables...

Thank you.

 

[sdgraham]

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2019
car•ry /ˈkæri/ v., -ried, -ry•ing.

1. 
   
2. Business to keep on hand or in a store for sale:[~ + object]We don't carry that brand in this store.

 

[dhejejjeskms]

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2019
car•ry /ˈkæri/ v., -ried, -ry•ing.

1. 
   
2. Business to keep on hand or in a store for sale:[~ + object]We don't carry that brand in this store.

Thank you.
Is Noguchi referring to all of the items in the store or just the ones on the floor except the things which are not on the floor (on the shelves)?

 

[sdgraham]

In AE retailing, "on the floor" means "displayed and available for sale," rather than "in the storerooms."

 

[dhejejjeskms]

In AE retailing, "on the floor" means "displayed and available for sale," rather than "in the storerooms."

Thank you.

 

[kentix]

They (or another business like them) could also sell special order items out of a catalog to be directly delivered. Those would not be part of what's on the shop floor.

 

[dhejejjeskms]

They (or another business like them) could also sell special order items out of a catalog to be directly delivered. Those would not be part of what's on the shop floor.

Thank you.