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Cashiers aren't salespeople. Salespeople are people who convince you to buy something. Higher-end stores have them, grocery stores do not.
by qq66 10y ago
Cashiers aren't salespeople. Salespeople are people who convince you to buy something. Higher-end stores have them, grocery stores do not.
- OJFord 10y ago> Salespeople are people who convince you to buy something. Higher-end stores have them Many more lower-end stores did too, pre- or earlier in Amazon's and online shopping's proliferation. It's already happened to a not insignificant extent.
- coldtea 10y agoWell, in that case, travel agents have been replaced by "buy your own tickets online", real estate and rental agents have seen similar automation through web apps (+ reviews, photos, walkthroughs, etc for the "convincing part"), and lots of other salespeople jobs. Bookstores is probably a famous example, where the people working there were far more than cashiers, but they still got decimated by Amazon and co.