Microsoft Retail Systems
Caroline Lam - August 31, 2006

Introduction

Based on the increased demand for information technology (IT) in the retail industry, Microsoft offers two retail packages: Microsoft Retail Management System (RMS) and Microsoft Point of Sale (POS). Microsoft Retail Management System provides small and midsize business retailers with an integrated point of sale solution to manage operations within one store or across a chain of stores. Microsoft Point of Sale provides single-store retailers with an application that helps with daily business tasks. To promote its offerings, in March 2006 Microsoft expanded its business relationship with Best Buy for Business, whereby Best Buy became the only official retail sales channel for the Microsoft POS solution (Microsoft RMS is available through Microsoft's certified sales partners)...