Don’t like that either. It’s now
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het verkooppunt → the point of sale, sales outlet
It’s a very general term. its not limited to (factory) outlet stores or whatever you’d call these stores in your country. It can be any point of sale ranging from ice-cream trucks to amazon.com.
That’s now
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de financiën → (the) finances
I surmise that financiën is not only plural all the time but, just like in English, often used as a collective term. Hence, it won’t need the definite article all the time. As proven by de minister van Financiën. That’s why I put the the in parentheses. Not sure whether I should do the same with de. Tell me if you would like that better.
you’re the first who noticed that