On 6/24/2014 12:17 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 6/23/2014 8:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2014-06-23 19:41, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't know who wrote that. I never had a career as a checkout clerk.
>>>> I did work for I Mart for 17 years. I was the garden shop manager, the
>>>> layaway manager, a checkout supervisor, a fill in manager, but just
>>>> briefly but mostly I did POS and Merchandising.
>>>
>>> Point of Sale..... cash register???
>>
>> That's what it means in my world. "Merchandising" means
>> restocking/marking down/adding new items/stock as needed. I got to
>> dress mannequins and arrange displays when I worked in retail. That
>> was also considered merchandising.
>
> POS means being in charge of pricing.

Bullshit. POS stands for Point of Sale. According to Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_sale

"A retail point of sale system typically includes a cash register (which
in recent times comprises a computer, monitor, cash drawer, receipt
printer, customer display and a barcode scanner) and the majority of
retail POS systems also include a debit/credit card reader."

In other words, a cash register.

> Making sure that we were making
> enough profit but also selling for a better price or the same price as
> our competitors. It also means making sure that the SEM (shelf edge
> marker) has the right price on it.

IOW, making sure the right price tags/signs are on the shelves. Whew.
Glad we cleared that up!

Jill