A&E Networks needed a point of sale solution, and fast. It had to be quick to set up and easy to use, because it was going live in 5 days, a store full of brand new employees needed to learn how to use it, and Times Square doesn’t stand still.

Solution: Checkout Point of Sale for Mac.

The first ever History Pop Shop was scheduled to open December 6th to A&E executives, stars from Pawn Stars and American Pickers, and lots of fans. With only a few days to set up a fully functional store in the heart of Times Square, Checkout proved to be the suitable solution.

“They wanted to showcase the merchandise from some of their most popular shows with a small, proof of concept retail shop,” said Art Troast, an independent consultant who was engaged by A&E Networks (parent company of the History Channel) to help bring it all together.

Two shiny iMacs on the counter, two networked licenses of Checkout, a couple bar code scanners and matching USB credit card swipers and, soon, Pawn Star t-shirts and American Pickers bobble head dolls were finding new homes.