Patent ID: 8145515

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a request to render a summary performance report on a client device in a retail establishment; a processor retrieving shift information related to a user of the client device using the user's client device log-in information, the shift information indicating a business area the user of the client device is managing, wherein the business area of the retail establishment includes a plurality of point-of-sale registers; obtaining at least one summarized performance metric from one of a plurality of business data statistics providers using the shift information, wherein the at least one summarized performance metric comprises an average of a performance statistic wherein the average that is determined across all employees and all of the point-of-sale registers in the business area managed by the user; applying scoring rules to the at least one obtained summarized performance metric; compiling the at least one summarized performance metric and any corresponding score associated with the at least one summarized performance metric into the summary performance report; and sending the summary performance report to the client device for rendering, wherein the business data statistics provider comprises a point-of-sale transactions statistics provider configured to statistically aggregate transaction data from the point-of-sale registers to thereby provide summarized performance metrics related to point-of-sale transactions, wherein one of the summarized performance metrics related to the point-of-sale transactions comprises an average cashier speed metric, and wherein the business data statistics provider comprises a credit/debit conversions statistics provider configured to statistically aggregate financial data related to credit/debit conversions to thereby provide an average credit/debit conversion metric, the credit/debit conversion metric relating to a rate of conversions of a prompt from the point-of-sale registers to one of an application for, issuance of, or opening of a store credit or debit account.