Patent ID: 8036906

Claim:
A merchandise retail management method comprising the steps of: putting a tag on display together with a sample commodity in a display area, commodity information including an identification code of the commodity, being allowed to be read from and written to the tag; lending out a portable terminal capable of reading the tag to a customer entering the display area; reading the commodity information from the tag, which is put on display together with the corresponding sample commodity, with the portable terminal when the customer indicates an interest in purchasing the commodity; storing the corresponding commodity information in the portable terminal and relaying it to an information-processing apparatus for merchandise management and sales management; comparing at the information-processing apparatus the commodity information which has already been relayed to the information-processing apparatus, with commodity information which is sent from the portable terminal to a POS apparatus at a sales counter and is then entered into the information-processing apparatus; the customer returning the portable terminal when leaving; and handing over the commodity to the customer after the commodity to be sold has been prepared in accordance with the comparison result of commodity information at the information-processing apparatus.