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Two solutions: A) Clerk warehouse model: Stores can allow shoppers to browse through aisles of display items, sample items, boxes, or whatever else causes the
by tenebrisalietum 7y ago
Two solutions:
A) Clerk warehouse model:
Stores can allow shoppers to browse through aisles of display items, sample items, boxes, or whatever else causes them to feel like a consumer, take tickets for what they want, then bring them to a counter.
After payment is received, someone else comes out from a secured, monitored area with all your items in a cart.
It wouldn't be too difficult to develop a system to allow people to visually browse for and select meat and produce items.
B) Strict club model:
Store is not open to the general public, but club members only.
You can't be club member if you are under 18 or don't have a provable source of income. If you violate the club's code of conduct, your access is revoked.
Entry is strictly controlled. You can't enter the facility without proof of membership. All purchases verified upon exit.
- throwaway5752 7y agoBoth are well established and used in full or part by various retailers. A) Cigarettes. Always behind a counter for age checks, but mostly because of loss prevention. Top shelf liquor, electronics, razors, and batteries often have similar constraints because they are compact and resalable. What is the loss of sales compared to theft loss and clerk staffing requirements (or implementation of the technology). B) Club model suffers losses just the same. You can counterfeit a membership, and you might have issues validating on entry otherwise. Faster validation on entry might result in capex, and again you have a loss prevention/loss cost benefit decision to make. Nobody is throwing money and low margin grocery chains. So cash flow positive operations are a big concern.
- raincom 7y agoClerk warehouse model is common in the third world.