{"id":1632,"date":"2009-11-10T13:59:59","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T19:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2019-09-19T13:38:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T19:38:46","slug":"purchase-goods-anywhere-a-checkout-counter-on-the-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/purchase-goods-anywhere-a-checkout-counter-on-the-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Purchase Goods Anywhere: A Checkout Counter on the Move"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Zebra<\/a>Challenge<\/strong>
\nDuring the holiday season, long checkout lines mean angry customers, decreased customer loyalty and lost sales. To keep customers in the holiday spirit, one of the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest discount chains tested a mobile checkout system to eliminate check-out lines, even during the busiest shopping days of the year.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Even with all of our check-out counters open and our associates working as fast as possible, we still lost dozens of sales each day because people were scared away by the long lines during the holiday season,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d commented one store manager. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We had to find a way to add check-out lines during our busiest time. Temporary mobile checkout was the only answer.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Solution<\/strong>
\nFor the store\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mobile checkout needs, the company turned to Zebra printers<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe same brand of printer it relies on to label goods in its critical shipping and receiving operations. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We had used Zebra printers in a variety of logistics applications and they always worked flawlessly,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d noted the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s retail systems manager. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153As a very public operation, our check-out operations system had to be fail-proof. Once we realized that Zebra offered a perfect retail solution, we never considered another vendor.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

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Product<\/strong>
\nThe Zebra-based system utilized a Cameo\u00c2\u00ae portable printer<\/a> with a built-in magnetic card reader<\/a> and a portable terminal with an incorporated scanner<\/a> to read UPC labels.<\/p>\n

Result<\/strong>
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The portability of the solution has done more than shrink the checkout lines,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said the systems manager. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The system has enabled new business opportunities for us outside of the store, such as Christmas tree and wreath sales during the holiday season, and gardening supplies and live plants during the spring and summer months.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Based on the test performed, the chain has purchased dozens more units and has rolled out the mobile check out system nation-wide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Challenge During the holiday season, long checkout lines mean angry customers, decreased customer loyalty and lost sales. To keep customers in the holiday spirit, one of the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest discount chains tested a mobile checkout system to eliminate check-out lines, even during the busiest shopping days of the year. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Even with all of our check-out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[135],"tags":[132,13],"yoast_head":"\nPurchase Goods Anywhere: A Checkout Counter on the Move - Barcoding News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/purchase-goods-anywhere-a-checkout-counter-on-the-move\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Purchase Goods Anywhere: A Checkout Counter on the Move - Barcoding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Challenge During the holiday season, long checkout lines mean angry customers, decreased customer loyalty and lost sales. 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