Intuit has release QuickBooks Point of Sale 9.0 and the new feature list is impressive.

New features:

• New Customer Center lets upgraders view detailed tabular and graphical customer data, average receipts computations and activity over time. Customer data can be used for email lists targeted by purchase history and preferences.
• Coupons and Promotions Acceptance allows retailers to automatically produce and print coupons on receipts, apply coupons and discounts and track promotions.
• Email marketing feature integrates with Constant Contact.
• Simple Receipt Screen now allows assigning of customers to sales and customer related workflows like rewards and charge accounts.
• Track companies as customers and assign customer purchase order number. (Pro and Multi-Store only)
• Create custom tag designs to fit any Avery label.

Call me when you’re ready to step up to Point of Sale 9.0.  Retailers who aren’t managing their inventory properly don’t have a clue whether they’re really making money or not and QuickBooks Point of Sale is a great way to do it.