Streamline and track business operations, including inventory, supplier management, and POS processes.

Process transactions quickly with bar code scanning, custom POS buttons, and an easy-to-use touch screen.

Give associates at the point of sale an easy way to check prices, inventory availability, and location quickly. They can access customer information, handle multiple tenders and partial payments at checkout, and quickly create and process returns.

Save time and money by integrating credit and debit card transactions at the POS and eliminating the need for expensive card payment terminals and high transaction fees.

Make informed decisions with accurate information and powerful reporting tools.

Integrate and exchange information with the Microsoft Office System and Intuit QuickBooks accounting software—make full use existing software investments and share information across applications without adding additional training costs.

Help users learn POS procedures in minutes—even if they’ve never used a computer before—with the intuitive user interface.

Train new employees quickly using the practice mode option.

Define and track the exact information you want to see about your customers with user-defined custom fields.

Tap into the skills of Microsoft Business Solutions Partners to provide expert support and assistance, helping you set up and tailor Microsoft Point of Sale to meet your specific retail needs.

Save time and reduce employee overhead by automating inventory tracking.

View inventory status: quantity sold, on hand, on order, and more.

Track and manage items across your store using familiar and flexible stock and sales methods.

Replenish top-selling items efficiently and negotiate lower purchasing costs by tracking item movement and supplier histories.

Create automatic purchase orders and identify your best-price suppliers.

Create bar code labels with a built-in label designer.

Help reduce shrinkage, false returns, credit card fraud, and unauthorized discounts. With several security roles that can be assigned to employees, managers can control access to sensitive data and track returns efficiently.

Create interactive real-time reports that identify best-selling items, most productive employees, detailed sales history by cashier, department, category, supplier, and more.

Access and analyze current, detailed data across your entire store. Identify sales trends in every department or category, evaluate operations and financials, track results from sales and ad campaigns, and set and monitor business policies.

Export report information in several formats; Microsoft Excel, text, HTML, XML, or e-mail.

Use the "My Store" feature to customize screens, setting them to display only the reports that are most important to you.

Target customer preferences and display up-sells and cross-sells to cashiers, so they can mention them to customers during transactions.

Implement automatic discounts for frequent shoppers.

Create targeted customer mailings based on buying preferences and purchase histories.

Wine, beer, liquor

Gift, novelty, souvenir

Sporting goods

Radio, television, electronics, appliances

Hobby, toys, games

Convenience food stores

Nursery, garden centers

Auto parts

Drug, pharmacy