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impact on retail stores. All but the smallest shops have
replaced the old-fashioned cash register with a terminal
linked to a computer system. Some terminals
require that the clerk type in the code for the item,
but most checkout counters include a bar-code scanner, a
device that directly reads into the computer the
Universal Product Code (UPC) printed on each package.
Cash-register receipts can then include brief
descriptions of the items purchased (by fetching them
from the computer database), and the purchase
information is also relayed back to the computer
to cause an immediate adjustment in the inventory data.
The inventory system can easily alert the manager when
the supply of some item drops below a specified
threshold. In the case of retail chains linked by
networks, the order for a new supply of an item may be
automatically generated and sent electronically to the
supply warehouse. In a less extensively automated
arrangement, the manager can send in the order
electronically by a dial-up link to the supplier's computer.
These developments have made shopping much more
convenient. The checkout process is faster, checkout
lines are shorter, and the desired item is more likely
to be in stock. In addition, cash-register receipts
contain much more information than a simple list of item
prices; many receipts now include discount coupons based
on the specific items purchased by the shopper. If there
is a downside, it is the need for shoppers to adjust
psychologically to not seeing prices on the packages and
to the feeling that perhaps the computer is
overcharging (as indeed can happen when advertised sale
prices are somehow not entered into the system).
Since the mid-1990s one of the most rapidly growing
retail sectors, known as electronic commerce, or
e-commerce, involves the use of the Internet and
proprietary networks to facilitate business-to-business,
consumer, and auction sales of everything
imaginable--from computers and electronics to books,
recordings, automobiles, and real estate.
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