STORES Magazine - November 2008 - (Page A3)

If you’re hiring, you need a kiosk or other workstation so the applicants can fill out their information. Some users run a power cord and computer tunities such as seasonal sales on the plaza, in dincable out to wherever they’re setting up the Shop ing halls or at sporting events.” About, but an optional power pack will run a stanThen there are stores that have regular-butdard cash register or POS terminal for 10 to 12 movable rush times. One such is Price Chopper in hours. Standard colors are metallic silver and white Kansas City. If there’s a sale on rosebushes or if it is laminate, but custom colors also are available. getting close to Mother’s Day, there may be a rush in the floral department. The next day it might be Instant office in the deli, and the day after that it might be an In the back office area, meanwhile, space is at unusually large lunch-hour crowd. By moving their even more of a premium. You want to devote as strike force of Shop About stations to wherever much space as possible to customer-facing activithey’re needed, store managers can get people ties, inventory, and (in the case of a restaurant) checked out quickly, easing the pressure on cusfood prep and storage, which means that there’s tomers and associates alike. The power-supplied not a lot of room for offices and office equipment. units are recharged when not in use. Sometimes, however, you need extra back-office Shop About comes in two sizes. The standard workspace. If you’re hiring, you need a kiosk or Shop About is 40.5 inches from floor to customer other workstation so the applishelf; with pop-up shelves on both cants can fill out their information. sides extended, it’s 63 inches from If you’re training, you need someside to side and 32 inches front to place for the associates to go back. Like other Anthro products, it’s through their training modules. sturdy, capable of holding up to 150 You also tend to need computer pounds. availability on the sales floor: for a The Shop About Mini is essentially web-linked kiosk, to enable associthe same product with a smaller footates to check on stock availability print: 33 inches across with the side from another store or channel or shelf extended and 38.5 inches front Shop About Mini to complete customer transactions. to back. NOVEMBER 2008 www.anthro.com/retail A3 http://www.anthro.com/retail

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STORES Magazine - November 2008 Contents Executive Editor's Page President's Page Every Cup Counts What Shoppers Think Less Park Time, More Shop Time 10 Things You May Have Missed Numbers Worth Counting Full Price/Markdown Retail People Retail Held Captive First Look Concept2Watch Marketing Technology Custom Software PCI Compliance Data Security Arts Update Newsbeat LP Issues: Q&A Cover Story Surveillance Systems Online Fraud Industry Perspective LOEB Retail Letter Point of View NRF News Retail Crossword Retail Industry Calendar Last Laugh

STORES Magazine - November 2008

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