Patent ID: 8041648

Claim:
A method of developing an operative retail location with a simultaneous two-track development process, the method comprising: (a) developing at a data solutions transaction manager computer a retail location in a first track of development, the first track comprising: (i) determining by a processor of the data solutions transaction manager computer a site for the retail location; (ii) coordinating by the processor of the data solutions transaction manager computer feedback regarding the progress of a build out of the retail location; (iii) linking by the processor of the data solutions transaction manager computer the retail location to a company database; and (iv) determining by the processor of the data solutions transaction manager computer that the retail location has met minimum requirements to be opened to retail business; and (b) determining at the data solutions transaction manager computer that an agency principal is ready to manage the retail location in a second track of development, the second track comprising: (i) determining by the processor of the data solutions transaction manager computer that the agency principal has passed a screening process; and (ii) determining by the processor of the data solutions transaction manager computer the agency principal has met minimum qualifications, and wherein the first and second track are concluded substantially simultaneously.