WHAT WE DO
VAT Refund, Meridian is compatible with the major VAT refund schemes. You can refund VAT at Point of Sale or simply produce re-claim documentation.

Foreign Currency: Payments can be taken in foreign currency, with automatic conversion. Meridian supports two distinct exchange rates for notes and cheques. For credit card payments  Meridian supports DCC (Dynamic Currency Conversion) allowing you to directly charge foreign credit card holders in their own currency.

Deposits:
meridian holds deposits. Full deposit details are always available at the register. Details held include name, address and history of payments to date.

Gift Tokens and Giftcards: meridian provides fully integrated processiong for both giftcards and gift tokens directly via the cash register. You do not rely on an outside processor which streamlines the process, reduces costs and keeps money used to purchase cards or vouchers within your own control. Processing is immediate across all stores in your group meaning a giftcard purchased in one can immediately be used in another and a balance used on one reduces value remaining across all. A full history of card/voucher usage is available at any till.

Mail Order: Customers can buy goods for later forwarding to a home address. Mail order goods can be sold VAT free to non-EU visitors.

Bar Code Label Printing
: meridian lets you print your own bar code labels for any items not already bar coded. Labels can be dual priced in to show both instore and export price (Vat free).

Sales Text/Image Data: meridian holds images sales text for items, at the register. Now, even inexperienced staff can answer queries on unusual or luxury items or show the customer a picture of an out of stock item

Tourism & Gift Shopping

Meridian is used extensively in Gift shops and tourist focused businesses. It has many features which make it particularly applicable to this sector, these make it easier to service both the tourist and the domestic shopper. For businesses in the tourism sector meridians ability to handle retail store, Food and even admission ticketing on a single platform give it unparalleled flexibility.
Meridian is used by many well know Retailers in the sector including;

  • Avoca
  • Battle of the Boyne Centre
  • Blarney Woollen Mills
  • Old Bushmills Distillery
  • Dublin Tourism
  • Dublin Zoo
  • Dublin Castle Visitor Centre
  • Guinness Storehouse
  • Kilkenny Group
  • Kilkenny Castle Visitor Centre
  • Old Jameson Distillery
  • Kylemore Abbey
  • Muckross House
  • National Museum of Ireland
  • Tayto Park
  • Tierneys Giftshops