Retail Watchers

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/99-cents-only-to-close-down-all-stores/ Can anyone else confirm this? Seems like a big deal YAY!!!!!!! Great news. I wonder who will occupy the beautiful mid century modern (moderne) store in Palm Springs. That was one of my Fresh & Easy stores in the Valley.

Side note:

Target across the street from The Beverly Center Mall had all their Self Checkouts closed. There were 4 regular lanes open an flowing nicely.

babs wrote: ↑April 4th, 2024, 9:07 am

veteran+ wrote: ↑April 4th, 2024, 7:48 am https://www.supermarketnews.com/retail- ... -registers

Government imposed mandates on how businesses should be run is never a good thing.

Perhaps, but if businesses will not do the right thing then..................who?

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Well done!

Okay, I give up, but I still disagree with your assessments and comparisons. They are better than the rest in their category, of course.

If you were a clerk (intelligent, educated, mature, observant, and business savy) on the inside your perspective would change.

I surrender

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I have a better idea for their elementary school "Just Walk Out" system- put the camera ON the cart itself. Take a photo of all cart contents as they enter the card and tally them up that way. All those cameras overhead looking "straight down" on everything, strike me as a huge ...

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