Retail
Tobacco, cannabis and other regulated goods
Licences, limits, traceability and tight audit trails. Core operations map to planned catalog modules; remaining gaps are listed on the industry page.
Close fit Planned NAICS 4599 (verify exact code)
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
- licensed premises
- per-customer purchase limits where they exist
- product tracking from supplier to sale in some jurisdictions
- heavy tax
- strict marketing rules
- high audit burden
Typical roles
- sales clerk
- compliance officer
- inventory manager
- owner or licence holder
- delivery driver where lawful
Day-to-day flows
- verify age and eligibility
- check limits
- scan a tracked package
- sell by weight or unit
- report each sale or adjustment to a regulator system where required
- reconcile inventory
Tenders and payments seen
- cash (often dominant)
- debit or specialised processors
- vouchers
- mobile wallets where lawful
Inventory and assets
- package-level or batch-level tracking
- weight conversions
- waste and destruction logs
- room or location tracking
Reports they ask for
- sales and limits per customer
- reconciliation against the regulator system
- adjustment and waste logs
- tax
Integrations they need
- government traceability systems
- ID scanners
- lab results
- delivery manifests
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.
| 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 |
| Delivery, waybills, logistics | P Partial | DLV, CONN, LOGI |
| 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 | P Partial | PE, LATAM |
| Integrations, API, settings | P Partial | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Regulated goods (age, licence, traceability) | P Partial | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- the catalog has age prompts, an age-restriction flag, lot tracking and recall, but no purchase-limit engine, no regulator traceability integration, no ID scanning, no lab-result display, no destruction or waste register in the regulated sense
- the site makes no claim about any jurisdiction
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
- Remove line / clear cart SALE-0019
- Park / hold sale SALE-0026
- Recall parked sale SALE-0028
- Prompt for serial / batch on line SALE-0046
- Service charge (cover/gratuity) SALE-0054
- No-sale drawer open SALE-0080
Sub-verticals
Sub-vertical
Licensed tobacco shop
age checks, tax stamps, display rules
Open →Sub-verticalDispensary (where lawful)
limits and traceability dominate
Open →Sub-verticalVape and accessories shop
age and flavour rules that change by place
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- licensing and eligibility rules
- purchase-limit rules
- traceability reporting
- product-testing display
- marketing and packaging rules
- tax rules. These differ greatly by country and state and change often (themes to verify, nothing here is advice or a claim)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- regulator API outage
- customer at the limit
- package mis-weighed
- recall
- employee diversion
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 4599 (verify exact code) (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 44-45
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Tobacco
- Fit
- Close fit
Public references consulted
- Cova POS (cannabis retail compliance features) (excerpt)
- DubLedger: choosing a cannabis POS by state (2026) (excerpt)
Questions
Is Simca ready for tobacco, cannabis and other regulated goods today?
No. Simca is in the design stage and has no released app. The catalog lists planned items relevant to this industry; Core operations map to planned catalog modules; remaining gaps are listed on the industry page.
What is missing for tobacco, cannabis and other regulated goods?
the catalog has age prompts, an age-restriction flag, lot tracking and recall, but no purchase-limit engine, no regulator traceability integration, no ID scanning, no lab-result display, no destruction or waste register in the regulated sense; the site makes no claim about any jurisdiction.
Does this page give tax or regulatory advice?
No. Regulation entries are themes to verify with local authorities and advisers.
Is your industry here?
Tell us what your business needs. We will say honestly whether the plan covers it.