Customer guidance system for retail store

A system for guiding a customer to a product available for sale in a retail store, comprising:

• entry means for entering at least one product code;
• retrieval means, responsive to the entry means, for retrieving product location information for at least one product corresponding to the entered at least one product code;
• and
• presentation means, responsive to the retrieval means, for presenting the retrieved product location information to the customer.

A system for guiding a customer to a product available for sale in a retail store, comprising:

• a portable computing device in which a shopping list is stored;
• a computer in communication with the portable computing device;
• and
• a printer controlled by the computer to print product location information corresponding to items on the shopping list.

A method of guiding a customer to a product available for sale in a retail store, the method comprising the steps of:

• uploading a shopping list from a portable computing device to a computer;
• retrieving product location information for items included in the uploaded shopping list;
• and
• presenting the retrieved product location information to the customer.

A computer program product comprising:

• a medium readable by a computer, the computer readable medium having computer program code adapted to:
• receive entry of at least one product code;
• retrieve product location information for at least one product corresponding to the received at least one product code;
• and
• present the retrieved product location code to a customer.

A method of guiding a customer to a product available for sale in a retail store, the method comprising the steps of:

• selecting a product from an on-line catalog;
• retrieving product location information for the selected product;
• and
• presenting the retrieved product location information to the customer.