Retail system with purchase ordering
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1. A retail system comprising:
- at least one purchase ordering facility for providing representations of items offered for sale, and at least one portable device movable by a customer for detecting indicia of said representations to select the items to be included in a purchase order.
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Abstract
A novel retail system is provided with purchase ordering facilities that contain samples of items offered for sale. A portable device carried by a customer is provided in the purchase ordering facility for reading indicia on the samples to select required items to be included in a purchase order. A purchase ordering terminal is installed for enabling the customer to order all products available in the retail system including items that are not represented by the samples contained in the purchase ordering facility.
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32 Claims
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1. A retail system comprising:
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at least one purchase ordering facility for providing representations of items offered for sale, and at least one portable device movable by a customer for detecting indicia of said representations to select the items to be included in a purchase order. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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- 21. A retail system having multiple purchase ordering facilities for placing purchase orders, at least one of the retail facilities provides representations of a limited number of items offered for sale, said at least one of the retail facilities is provided with at least one purchase ordering terminal for enabling the customer to order all products available in the retail system.
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25. A retail system comprising a plurality of purchase ordering facilities for enabling customers to place purchase orders and a plurality of purchase checkout facilities for enabling the customers to receive ordered purchases, a customer being enabled to receive an ordered purchase at a purchase check-out facility remote with respect to a purchase ordering facility where the purchase was ordered.
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27. A retail system controlled by a control system and comprising:
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at least one storage facility for storing goods available for sale in the retail system, multiple purchase ordering facilities for enabling a customer to order a purchase, and multiple purchase obtaining points, each purchase obtaining point enabling the customer to obtain the ordered purchase after a time period sufficient to deliver the ordered purchase from the storage facility to the purchase obtaining point.
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30. A method of selling goods comprising the steps of:
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storing goods available for sale in a storage facility, presenting samples of the goods at a purchase ordering facility to enable a customer to order a purchase, and enabling the customer to obtain the ordered purchase at a purchase obtaining point after a time period sufficient to deliver the purchase from the storage facility to the purchase obtaining point. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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