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Retail

General merchandise and big-box stores

Many departments under one roof. Core selling, stock and cash fit; several capabilities are only partly catalogued.

Good fit, some gaps Planned NAICS 455 (4551)

Status

Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.

How the industry works

Operating characteristics

  • many departments with different rules
  • hundreds of thousands of SKUs
  • big seasonal peaks
  • service desks
  • online-pickup counters
  • self-checkout lanes

Typical roles

  • cashier
  • self-checkout host
  • department manager
  • service-desk clerk
  • cash-office clerk
  • store director
  • loss-prevention officer

Day-to-day flows

  • department-based sales
  • special orders
  • price matching
  • returns at a service desk
  • pick-up of online orders
  • cash-office handling

Tenders and payments seen

  • cash
  • cards
  • store credit
  • gift cards
  • financing or instalments
  • mobile wallets recorded manually

Inventory and assets

  • very large catalogue
  • multiple stock locations
  • recalls
  • vendor-managed items
  • serialised goods

Reports they ask for

  • department sales and margin
  • shrink
  • cash-office reconciliation
  • returns abuse
  • promotion performance

Integrations they need

  • ERP or merchandising system
  • vendor EDI
  • e-commerce platform
  • loyalty program

A day in the life (illustrative scenario)

What the catalog covers

Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, DLV, CONN, LOGI, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, PE, LATAM, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR.

CapabilityStatusCatalog modules
Selling and checkoutC CataloguedSALE, TKT
Inventory, lots, purchasingC CataloguedINV
Pricing, discounts, tax rulesC CataloguedPRC, DISC
Returns, credit, special salesC CataloguedRET
Delivery, waybills, logisticsP PartialDLV, CONN, LOGI
Cash drawer, shifts, safeC CataloguedCASH
Tender types and paymentsC CataloguedPAY
Customers, loyalty, gift cardsC CataloguedCRM, LOYL, GIFT
Staff, time clock, payroll basicsC CataloguedEMP
Bookkeeping and ledgerP PartialBK, LITE
Reports and analyticsC CataloguedRPT, ANL
Multi-store, multi-register, syncC CataloguedMULTI
Security, audit, backup, failsafesC CataloguedSEC, DATA, FAIL
Hardware and peripheralsC CataloguedHW
Country fiscal packsC CataloguedPE, LATAM
Integrations, API, settingsP PartialECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR
Enterprise accounting (consolidation, intercompany)P Partialno dedicated module
Self-service and unattended salesP Partialno dedicated module

Gaps

  • no vendor EDI
  • no assortment or planogram planning
  • no enterprise merchandising hierarchy beyond categories and brands
  • no cash-office automation beyond the cash module

Closest catalog items

Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.

Sub-verticals

Sub-vertical

Department store

concession counters from several brands

Open →Sub-vertical

Warehouse and bulk retailer

large lots and members

Open →Sub-vertical

Variety and dollar store

tiny prices, huge unit counts

Open →

Regulation themes to verify

These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.

  • consumer-protection and returns rules
  • product-safety recalls
  • age-restricted goods
  • tax rates by product class
  • gift-card and layaway rules (themes to verify)

Edge cases that break naive systems

  • catalogue of 50,000 or more items
  • recall of one batch
  • price-match disputes
  • serialised electronics returns

Classification

NAICS
NAICS 455 (4551) (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 44-45
Fortune 500 industry labels
General Merchandisers
Fit
Good fit, some gaps

Public references consulted

  • NCR Voyix self-checkout software (excerpt)
  • Shopify POS features and omnichannel (excerpt)

Questions

Is Simca ready for general merchandise and big-box stores today?
No. Simca is in the design stage and has no released app. The catalog lists planned items relevant to this industry; Core selling, stock and cash fit; several capabilities are only partly catalogued.
What is missing for general merchandise and big-box stores?
no vendor EDI; no assortment or planogram planning; no enterprise merchandising hierarchy beyond categories and brands; no cash-office automation beyond the cash module.
Does this page give tax or regulatory advice?
No. Regulation entries are themes to verify with local authorities and advisers.

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