Huh. When I worked at Kmart, we always had local troops setting up stands in our entrance. (I for one was VERY supportive-those cookies are like crack and I gotta have my tagalong fix).
As for kids selling magazine subscriptions, does anyone else remember those ads in the back of kid magazines and comic books where you could earn various prizes by selling things? Usually you had to sell a whole buttload just to get some stupid cheap radio, but they enticed you with pictures of bikes, tvs, video games, etc?