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Intended to function more as a kunsthalle — or alternate space — than a selling floor, 52 Walker was a savvy move: Four of its 14 paintings are from museums and the rest from private collections, and are not for sale.

Vagueness is also a common tool for bankers selling a company; they might, for example, tell a potential buyer that three parties are interested, while not mentioning that the prices that two of those parties are willing to pay are lower than the selling floor.

“In the 1970s there weren’t any plastic bottles. Bottled water didn’t exist,” Vangelis, 57, said on a recent afternoon, perched in his office above the selling floor of the Keratsini fish market just west of Athens — the biggest in the country.

They’re also adding fuller-size mannequins on the selling floor and showing more plus-size models in their marketing.

Inspectors also found that the stores were too understaffed ”to handle the selling floor and correctly store the boxes at the same time,” Michaels said.