Merchandise Departments

Before you add merchandise to your inventory, you must add merchandise departments to help organize the items you sell. For example, common merchandise departments include “Apparel” and “Books.” Within each department you can add categories to further define the items you sell. For example, within the “Apparel” department, you may define categories for “Men,” “Women,” and “Children.” Additionally, when you configure departments, you also determine whether the merchandise in that department can be discounted.

  1. From Merchandise, select Merchandise Departments, then select Add.

  2. Under Department information, enter the name and description for the merchandise department.

  3. The Discounts allowed on merchandise in this department option is selected by default. If merchandise in this department should not be discounted, clear the checkbox.

    Note: The Discounts allowed on merchandise in this department option determines whether merchandise is eligible to be discounted. If eligible, you can set up specific discounts that are applied to the items during a sale.

    Warning: If you mark Discounts allowed on merchandise in this department, you can still mark specific merchandise in that department as non-discountable on each respective merchandise record. If you make specific merchandise non-discountable and then later clear and re-select the Discounts allowed on merchandise in this department option, any specific merchandise you previously marked as not discountable will be reset and discounts will be allowed.

  4. To create categories, under Department categories, enter the name and description for the categories within the department.

  5. Select Save.

You can return to the department record in the future to edit the department name, description, and categories as necessary.