Entertainment, personal and business services
Travel retail and duty-free
Boarding-pass rules, many currencies and zone-based tax. Core operations map to planned catalog modules; remaining gaps are listed on the industry page.
Close fit Planned NAICS 4529 / 4539
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
- shops in airports, borders and ports
- sales to travellers with boarding passes
- duty and tax rules by zone
- multi-currency
- concession fees
- peaks around flights
Typical roles
- sales associate
- supervisor
- cash-office clerk
- buyer
- concession manager
Day-to-day flows
- scan a boarding pass or ticket
- apply zone-based tax and limits
- accept foreign currency
- print a tax-free form
- pay concession fees
Tenders and payments seen
- multiple currencies
- cards
- cash
- vouchers
Inventory and assets
- bonded and duty-paid stock
- limited quantities per traveller
- spirits and tobacco
Reports they ask for
- sales by flight
- currency totals
- concession fees
- allowances
Integrations they need
- airport systems
- customs
- payment providers
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, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, PE, LATAM, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | C Catalogued | SALE, TKT |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | C Catalogued | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | C Catalogued | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | C Catalogued | RET |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | C Catalogued | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | C Catalogued | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | C Catalogued | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | C Catalogued | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | C Catalogued | HW |
| Country fiscal packs | C Catalogued | PE, LATAM |
| Integrations, API, settings | P Partial | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Regulated goods (age, licence, traceability) | P Partial | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- boarding-pass scanning, bonded-stock accounting and customs reporting are not in the catalog
- multi-currency tender exists as catalog items
- LS Central duty-free is a benchmark reference only
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Age-restricted item prompt SALE-0045
- Product age restriction flag INV-0041
- Product expiry tracking INV-0033
- Batch / lot tracking INV-0034
- Batch recall INV-0063
- Customer ID capture for boleta > [amount omitted] SALE-0077
- ISC (selective consumption) PRC-0025
- Product grid / quick keys SALE-0002
- Favorites / most-sold page SALE-0004
- Line price override with permission SALE-0016
- Recall parked sale SALE-0028
- Cart totals panel SALE-0030
- Service charge (cover/gratuity) SALE-0054
- Mixed currency cash tender SALE-0058
- Order-ready notification to customer SALE-0090
- Cancel ticket with reason TKT-0017
Sub-verticals
Airport shop
flight-driven peaks
Open →Sub-verticalBorder-zone store
cross-border shoppers
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- duty-free and customs rules
- allowances by traveller
- tax-refund schemes
- concession agreements (themes to verify)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- boarding pass invalid
- foreign-currency shortage
- limited quantities
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 4529 / 4539 (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 44-45
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Specialty Retailers: Other
- Fit
- Close fit
Public references consulted
- LS Retail travel retail and duty free (excerpt)
Questions
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