subject: 4 Critical Tasks for Cashiers When you Open a Dollar Store [print this page] Author: Bob B Hamilton Author: Bob B Hamilton
Customer oriented cashiers are indispensible to those who open a dollar store. They routinely greet everyone who enters your store. They do everything in their power to insure shoppers are never allowed to wait as they approach the cash register area to pay for the dollar store merchandise they have selected. They do so much more to make the shopping experience memorable for shoppers. Yet there are times when these outstanding cashiers simply wont have customers to assist. Possibly there is a lull in traffic. Maybe slow moving traffic has created a traffic jam outside and shoppers cannot enter your parking lot. No matter what the cause of the downtime, these are times when cashiers need to have back-up tasks to perform. Keep your cashiers productive. When you open a dollar store be sure to provide a clearly documented list of tasks to be performed whenever there is downtime for your cashiers. Read on for 4 critical tasks to include on the list you develop for your store. #1) Sweep, spot mop or vacuum the store entry area. When you open a dollar store it is important to keep the front of your store clean at all times. Your goal should be to have every shopper walk into your store and instantly be impressed by how clean, organized and welcoming it is. Yet with the high traffic coming and going from your store the floor at the very front of the sales area will soon become dusty and dirty. A quick sweep, vacuum and in some cases spot mopping instantly returns the floors to just opened appearance. #2) Dust and straighten heavily handled dollar store merchandise. This includes dollar store merchandise such as jewelry, cosmetics, sunglasses, reading glasses and more. Most of this type of dollar store merchandise is placed close to the front of the store, so cashiers can quickly and easily keep the displays looking fresh and newly stocked without compromising service. #3) Dust gondola fixtures close by the front door and the cash registers. The gondola fixtures and displays close to the front of your dollar store will be viewed by most who enter your store. They will stop and check out items as they proceed through the store. Assign dusting and placing the dollar store merchandise on these shelves back where it belongs to your cashiers. It will amaze you how little time it takes to return the area to a fresh, organized look. #4) Sweep, spot mop or vacuum just outside the store entrance. Just as cashiers can be assigned to keep the entrances to your store looking fresh and clean, so too can they keep the area immediately outside the front looking clean and clutter-free. These are tasks that should be performed periodically, as time allows. For virtually all dollar stores those times will occur throughout the day. There may be time to only handle a portion of one task. However by days end the entire list can often be completed. In many cases they can be completed multiple times daily. To your success when you open a dollar store!About the Author:
Want the best ideas to earn from your dollar store business? Check out "Tactics to Add Streams of Income to Your Dollar Store Business" at www.OpeningADollarStore.com.
Bob Hamilton is an entrepreneur, author, writer, business consultant and trainer.
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