Applying an Item Discount

Associates can apply discounts on items using any of the following methods:

• By adding a manual discount amount off and discount percent off
• By scanning a coupon during a sales transaction
• By manually entering a coupon discount during a sales transaction

The POS application supports two types of coupons:

• Manufacturer coupons—issued by manufacturers of retail products that are sold in the store. Manufacturer coupons are used to offer promotional discounts to a particular item or a group of items.
• Store coupons—issued by a store to offer promotional discounts to a particular item or a group of items.

Configurable features

This POS application can be configured with the following features:

• Hide the Coupon button from the Item Options panel. Refer to the following options:
  • Discounts > Enable Item Coupon
• Hide the Manufacturer Coupon button and/or Store Coupon button from the Coupon Type screen. Refer to the following options:
  • Discounts > Enable Manufacturer Coupon
  • Discounts > Enable Store Coupon
• Print or remove coupon items and the coupon header from the receipt. Refer to the following options:
  • Discounts > Print Line item on the receipt for Coupon/Promo items
  • Receipt Printing > Print Department Coupons on the receipt

• Reduce the taxable amount of an item when a manufacturer coupon is added to the transaction. The taxable amount is reduced by the amount of the manufacturer coupon. Refer to the following option:
  • Tax Properties > Manufacturer Coupons Affect Taxable Amount

The POS application observes the following restrictions on coupons:

• Coupons cannot result in a credit. For example, if an item is on sale for $2.59 and the customer submits a $3.00 coupon, the price of the item becomes $0. There is no credit of 41¢ owed to the customer.
• Only one coupon can be applied to each item in a sales transaction. After a coupon has been applied to an item, the Coupon option is no longer available for that item.

Manufacturer coupons

As part of promotions, manufacturers of retail products issue manufacturer coupons to offer promotional discounts to a specific item or a group of items. In the POS application, manufacturer coupons observe the following actions when applied in a sales transaction:

• Manufacturer coupons are considered as item markdowns.
• Manufacturer coupons are added as an item entry.
• The discounted amount is not displayed in the Discount field in the Subtotal area.
• The discounted amount is automatically applied and is displayed in the Subtotal field in the Subtotal area.

Handling GS1 DataBar manufacturer coupons

To apply GS1 coupons for sales transactions, the following conditions must be met:

• Define the manufacturer code for each eligible item on the product item attribute called CompanyPrefix in the Product Catalog. For more information, refer to Adding Product Attributes.
• Ensure the following configurations are set in the AMS Logix application.
  • The Admin UE settings for Unused Coupons is set to remove unused coupons immediately.
  • The Admin UE settings for Flex Negative Options for Paper Coupon is set to not apply discounts if the value of the coupon exceeds the net value of the item.
  For more information about configuring settings for GS1 Databar coupons in Logix, refer to the Advanced Marketing Solution (AMS) Documentation (BCC5-0000-5209).

Store coupons

As part of promotions, stores issue store coupons to offer promotional discounts to a specific item or a group of items. In the POS application, store coupons observe the following actions when applied in a sales transaction:

• The discount information for the store coupon is displayed in line with the discounted item.
• The discounted amount is displayed in the Discount field in the Subtotal area.
• The discounted amount is automatically applied and the discounted amount is displayed in the Subtotal field in the Subtotal area.