Liquor and Tobacco Shop POS Requirements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Boise, Idaho, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) November 1, 2011 -- Tobacco Stores and Smoke Shops have their own unique set of requirements in a Point of Sale System. Cougar Mountain Software has successfully implemented many Tobacco POS Systems and is familiar with the particular needs of the industry. Cougar Mountain Point of Sale with Back Office and Specialty Shop offers Cigarette Store Software that successfully accommodates their unique requirements.

FEATURES TAILORED FOR THE TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL INDUSTRIES

Cougar Mountain Point of Sale with Back Office includes the features your retail store needs. Ring up customers and monitor cash flow with Point of Sale, and track your stock levels, retails, costs and other stock information with Inventory. Cougar Mountain POS can even integrate your back office accounting. Add Specialty Shop and gain the following features:

Age Verification - This feature allows you to flag items requiring age verification at the time of sale. Age verification can either prompt the user for the customer's birth date, or display a "must be born on or before" date on the sales entry screen.

Buy down/Coupon Codes - This feature allows you to attach a buy down/coupon code to specific items. The codes can also be set up with date ranges during which the buy down/coupon code will be in effect. After the sale, you can run a report listing discounted items, amounts of the discounts, and dates the discounts were taken.
Buy One, Get One Promotional Pricing -Set up a promotion where the customer can buy a specified number of items and receive a number of either the same item or a different item at a discounted price. (Buy two/get one free)


TRACK YOUR EMPLOYEES AND YOUR PROFITS
One of the most common reasons for shrinking margins is employee theft. Stealing cash from the drawer, giving unauthorized discounts, and not paying for merchandise are all common problems. Cougar Mountain Point of Sale has the user security features you need to put an end to this kind of activity.

Assign user rights for sale amounts, returns, voids, discounts, refunds, and access to all parts of the software
Track unauthorized and suspect transactions
Advanced reports for monitoring employees, cash flow, and inventory
Shrinkage report helps you keep an eye on items that are "disappearing"


EXPERTS IN RETAIL STORE TECHNOLOGY
Cougar Mountain Point of Sale was designed in conjunction with retail managers, but the real benefit comes from our employees who have a strong understanding of retail technology and support background. That means less time explaining problems and scenarios and more time developing solutions.

COUGAR MOBILE SOLUTIONS
Get out from behind that computer terminal and out of the Officer with Cougar Mobile, customer account access, order-entry, order status, inventory changes, stock item look-up, and price changing are all at your fingertips. The best part is you can use Cougar Mobile from anywhere with Internet access. Imagine the next time you are at a trade show and some tobacco vendor is offering you an incredible deal; you have the ability to check your current stock levels and cost before making a decision.

Whether you sell tobacco products exclusively or you have a full sized convenience store with beer, wine, and liquor, Cougar Mountain Point of Sale with Back Office along with Specialty Shop can meet all of your technology needs.

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