Retail
Convenience stores
Long hours, many small cash sales, lottery and top-ups. Core operations map to planned catalog modules; remaining gaps are listed on the industry page.
Close fit Planned NAICS 4451 (44513)
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
- long opening hours often with a single clerk
- many small transactions
- impulse items
- prepaid cards and top-ups
- foodservice corner
- tobacco and alcohol
Typical roles
- clerk
- shift lead
- store owner or franchisee
- delivery driver (vendor)
- area manager
Day-to-day flows
- quick scan-and-pay
- age check on restricted items
- sell prepaid airtime
- sell hot food
- drop cash into a safe during the shift
- shift handover between clerks
Tenders and payments seen
- cash
- cards via external terminal or phone
- mobile wallets recorded manually
- prepaid vouchers
Inventory and assets
- fast-turn packaged goods
- direct-store-delivery items (bread, drinks, snacks)
- cigarettes by pack and carton
- prepaid cards with serials
Reports they ask for
- sales by clerk and shift
- cash over/short by shift
- vendor delivery reconciliation
- top sellers
- age-check overrides
Integrations they need
- DSD vendors
- prepaid and top-up providers (planned as manual records)
- security cameras are out of scope
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 | C Catalogued | 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 | C Catalogued | PE, LATAM |
| Integrations, API, settings | C Catalogued | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Regulated goods (age, licence, traceability) | P Partial | no dedicated module |
| Self-service and unattended sales | P Partial | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- no lottery terminal integration
- no fuel pump control
- no cigarette-carton breaking rules beyond fractional sales
- no night-shift safety workflow beyond safe drops
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
- Self-checkout / kiosk mode SALE-0088
- Customer self-order via LAN web page ECOM-0009
- Order-ready display (customer side) KDSKitchen display system: a screen that replaces or supplements kitchen printers. Glossary-0027
- Custom payment methods SALE-0068
- eWallet top-up GIFT-0014
- Prepaid package/bonos GIFT-0015
- Safe drop / cash pickup CASH-0015
- Product consignment flag INV-0043
- Receiving without PO (quick) INV-0084
Sub-verticals
Kiosk and corner shop
tiny footprint, one device, cash and top-ups
Open →Sub-verticalFranchise convenience outlet
owner reports to a franchisor
Open →Sub-verticalGas-station store
store sales beside fuel
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- age-restricted sales
- opening-hour rules
- tobacco display and tax rules
- lottery or gaming resale rules where they apply
- cash-handling limits on night shifts (all themes to verify)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- lone clerk and a robbery protocol (safe drops)
- counterfeit note
- prepaid card sold twice
- vendor driver leaves goods unsigned
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 4451 (44513) (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 44-45
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Food and Drug Stores
- Fit
- Close fit
Public references consulted
- Clover / Lightspeed / Epos Now comparisons (SelectHub, ERP Research, POSadvice) (excerpt)
Questions
Is Simca ready for convenience stores today?
What is missing for convenience stores?
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