RETAIL SALE SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

Significant benefits are gained by joining Net shops (7) (on-line retailers and service organizations) and shops (2) (conventional retailers and organizations) together. A shop offers service or merchandise to customers in the normal fashion, selling the stock or service it has available at the time. If the desired goods or services are not available in the shop, the shopkeeper accesses a terminal and checks "stock". The shopkeeper advises the customer about the availability of the desired goods or service and offers to have them in the store by a certain date and/or have them delivered from the shop (or shipped directly) to the customer.