Method and apparatus for generating an order for purchase

A method for ordering products for a store, comprising:

• storing sales history information and store stock information of the store on a computer readable storage media;
• hosting a buyer show at a show location, the show location including a plurality of product displays of products for potential sale to a buyer for the store;
• installing a buyer support application on a portable electronic device, the buyer support application being executed by a processor in the portable electronic device;
• providing the portable electronic device loaded with the buyer support application to the buyer for the store;
• displaying product information to the buyer on the portable electronic device, the product information including information for products displayed at the buyer show, the displaying of product information to the buyer being performed while the buyer is at the show location;
• receiving location information of the portable electronic device;
• in response to receiving location information of the portable electronic device and while the portable electronic device is in the vicinity of a display of a predetermined product, reading the sales history information and store stock information from the computer readable storage media for the predetermined product and triggering the display of sales history information of the store for the predetermined product;
• receiving order information from the buyer on the portable electronic device for items displayed in at least one of the displaying steps, the order information including orders for at least one product at the buyer show;
• receiving the portable electronic device from the buyer;
• and
• outputting the order information from the portable electronic device, the order information being used to order products for the store.

A method for ordering products, comprising:

• storing sales history information for sales of products by a store in a computer readable storage media;
• hosting a product show at a show location, the show location including a plurality of product displays of products;
• installing a buyer support application on a portable electronic device, the buyer support application being executed by a processor in the portable electronic device;
• providing the portable electronic device loaded with the buyer support application to a buyer for the store;
• displaying product information to the buyer on the portable electronic device, the product information including information for products displayed at the product show, the displaying of product information to the buyer being performed while the buyer is at the show location;
• receiving location information of the portable electronic device;
• in response to receiving location information of the portable electronic device and while the portable electronic device is in the vicinity of a display of a predetermined product, reading sales history information for sales of the predetermined product by the store and triggering the display of sales history information of the store for the predetermined product;
• receiving order information from the buyer on the portable electronic device for items displayed in at least one of the displaying steps, the order information including orders for at least one product at the product show;
• receiving the portable electronic device from the buyer;
• and
• outputting the order information from the portable electronic device, the order information being used to order products selected by the buyer.