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In order to be successful a retail establishment has to have the right products available at the right prices and the means for customers to gather them for purchase. While the individual products and prices depend mostly on the vendors that a retailer is supplied by any retail establishment can ensure readily available carts for shopping with a cart retriever.

The job of shopping cart retrieval is usually delegated to an hourly employee who is required to make a number of trips out to the parking lot in order to gather loose carts a few at a time. This task is very labor intensive and has the potential to be very unpleasant when weather conditions are unfavorable.

Employees who try to haul too many carts at once or who attempt to perform the task too quickly are at risk of suffering serious, debilitating injuries. An injury on the job from manually hauling carts across a parking lot could easily result in a valuable employee being lost for an extended period and a very expensive workers’ compensation claim. Thankfully retail establishments can eliminate the stress and strain associated with this tough job and create a safer working environment by investing in a piece of equipment like the cart retriever.

The cart retriever from DJ Products quickly and easily attaches to the back of a long train of shopping carts for safe and easy maneuvering. Hourly employees are able to gather and return up to fifty carts at a time with none of the overexertion associated with manual cart retrieval. This versatile and easy to use piece of equipment instantly reduces the risk associated with the difficult task of cart retrieval and creates a safer and more pleasant environment for valuable employees.

The Thanksgiving holiday is also the official beginning of the shopping season. Some companies aren’t even waiting for the Friday after to have ‘door buster” sales. You can now go to some stores and shop early Thanksgiving morning. These retailers are prepared to do anything that can get them an edge on the competition.

The Thanksgiving holiday sees a real increase of customer traffic at the food market and this will continue for the next month. Retailers will want to be sure that they’ve got carts readily available for customers to use. It’s good for business as the customer just might grab that extra item or two near the cash register since it will be easily taken to the car.

There are some drawbacks to this scenario like carts being left all over your parking lot. That’s when an employee you’d rather have on the sales floor helping customers must go out and round these carts up. This can be a little dangerous as the parking lots can get crowded.

Winter weather can make the retrieval process hard on the employee as the lot may be slippery with new fallen snow and resulting ice. A DJ Products cart retriever is a great tool for managing these problems and keeping your employees safe.

Using one of these shopping cart retrievers is easy and only requires one employee. No more sending out two people to get a long line of carts with one employee on each end. They are battery powered and can operate continually for a full 12 hours without needing to be recharged.

The cart pusher is remote controlled and has an emergency stop button to help dodge that shopper who is driving too fast. The ease with which the employee can get the carts back safely to your establishment or storage area is the best reason to get one for the upcoming holiday rush and beyond.