Despite the fact that the retail industry still isn’t generating the volume of sales that were present a few years ago, discount stores, big box stores and grocery stores still see a high volume of customer and the majority of those customers are pushing around carts to make their shopping experience easier. The traditional way to gather up all of these errant carts is to have one (or possibly several) employees scour the parking lot to manually retrieve them and while this method may be effective, it isn’t very efficient or very safe for the employee(s) who are doing it.
A shopping cart retriever can make this part of a retail job much less strenuous on the employees responsible for gathering the carts. Manual cart retrieval only allows for gathering a few carts at a time if an employee wants to avoid potential injury, but the use of a shopping cart retriever allows for safe moving of dozens of carts at a time. Being able to perform more work while reducing the potential for injury is a huge benefit for any industry and that’s exactly what a shopping cart retriever can do for a high volume retailer.
Using a shopping cart retriever will also dramatically cut down on the time that it takes for an individual to gather carts from all over the property, which will free up their time to help other associates and perform other duties. An extra set of available hands is always welcome in a retail establishment, especially during busier times when shelves need to be stocked and customers may need assistance.
Success in the retail industry requires satisfying the customers and creating return business – in order to do that retailers need to increase their efficiency by any means possible. With the state of the economy, hiring more hourly individuals to help serve customers may not be an option, but any retailer can free up employee time by using high quality and reliable equipment like a shopping cart retriever.