An automated cigarette retailing system and retailing method

Abstract

The invention provides an automated cigarette retailing system and an automated cigarette retailing method. The automated cigarette retailing system comprises a mobile terminal subsystem and a cigarette storage cabinet control subsystem, and is characterized in that the mobile terminal subsystem comprises a member management module, a barcode recognition module, an anti-counterfeiting image recognition module, a replenishment module, a cigarette purchase module and an equipment maintenance module, and the cigarette storage cabinet control subsystem comprises a cigarette storage cabinet master control module, a power supply module, a group of box-packed cigarette drawer master control modules and a group of carton-packed cigarette drawer master control modules. The automated cigarette retailing system has the advantages of novel concept, low cost, low facility energy consumption, safety, reliability, convenience in use and suitability for popularization and application.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of cigarette retailing, in particular to a cigarette retailing system and a retailing method. Background technique [0002] At present, cigarettes are generally sold in bundles, which has also brought about the problem of unsalable cigarettes. A large number of unsalable cigarettes are backlogged in the inventories of retailers, occupying the funds of retailers, reducing the profit of cigarette sales, and causing retailers to sell cigarettes. The enthusiasm for sales is not high, in addition to the following disadvantages: [0003] First of all, due to the lack of real-time data in the cigarette sales process, tobacco companies cannot grasp the real sales situation of cigarettes in retail stores, and tobacco companies lack real-time data information on the inventory and sales rate in retail stores, which leads to tobacco companies in the process of ordering and marketing. When there is a lack of data reference. [0...

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[0002] At present, cigarettes are generally sold in bundles, which has also brought about the problem of unsalable cigarettes. A large number of unsalable cigarettes are backlogged in the inventories of retailers, occupying the funds of retailers, reducing the profit of cigarette sales, and causing retailers to sell cigarettes. The enthusiasm for sales is not high, in addition to the following disadvantages:

[0003] First of all, due to the lack of real-time data in the cigarette sales process, tobacco companies cannot grasp the real sales situation of cigarettes in retail stores, and tobacco companies lack real-time data information on the inventory and sales rate in retail stores, which leads to tobacco companies in the process of ordering and marketing. lack of data reference

[0004] Secondly, the consumer information database was not established during the cigarette sales process, resulting in the lack of an effective communication platform between industrial enterprises and cigarette consumers. In the hands of the retailer, it is blocked by the retailer, which affects the promotion activities of industrial enterprises targeting consumers, damages the interests of consumers, and encourages the behavior of retailers to dump cigarettes at low prices, which is not conducive to the cultivation of cigarette brands and the cigarette retail market. healthy development of

[0005] Thirdly, cigarette retail channels are controlled by retailers. Tobacco companies and industrial enterprises have to give too much consideration to the interests of retailers and give up the interests of consumers in some marketing processes. Many marketing programs cannot be effectively implemented. Therefore, tobacco companies Insufficient control over retail channels prevents precise marketing campaigns targeting consumers

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