Assuming that the first found product entry is valid (is it?), i would do it like this:

Update: I don't know how often i posted this wrong/useless M$dog shebop/shebang... #!/c:/perl/bin/perl.exe

#!c:/perl/bin/perl.exe

use strict;
use warnings;

$/ = "";

my $file = shift;

open my $fh, "<", $file || die $!;
my @records = <$fh>;
close $fh;

my %records;

for (@records) {
    $_ =~ m/(Product \d+)(.+)/s;
    my $product_id = $1;
    next if exists $records{$product_id};
    $records{"$product_id"} = $2;
}
for (sort keys %records) {
    print qq($_ $records{$_});
}

__END__

Product 1
------------------------------------------------------------------
storeId = 1001
phoneNumber = (111) 111-1111
availbilityCode = 1
stockStatus = Limited stock
distance = 9.12
city = some city
fullStreet = some address

Product 2
------------------------------------------------------------------
storeId = 2117
phoneNumber = (111) 111-1111
availbilityCode = 2
stockStatus = In stock
distance = 7.49
city = some city
fullStreet = some address

Product 3
------------------------------------------------------------------
storeId = 2123
phoneNumber = (111) 111-1111
availbilityCode = 1
stockStatus = Limited stock
distance = 8.83
city = some city
fullStreet = some address

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Regards, Karl

«The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

In reply to Re: Removing Duplicates from a multiline entry by karlgoethebier
in thread Removing Duplicates from a multiline entry by diamondsandperls

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