Anyone who has worked in retail management knows what a
supreme hassle taking mark-downs can be. It doesn’t even have to be a store or
department manager. Oftentimes employees have to take the time away from other
responsibilities and find bar codes, check markdown sheets, print labels and
then ensure that the right price is transmitted to the main computer. How many
angry customers have stood in line while all the store associates keep
announcing “price check on register one”? If the store in question had used a
new Zebra printer from Electrone for the mark-downs, time and money would have
been saved.
Heaven forbid that a modern day retailer would use an
out-of-date, old-fashioned manual process of taking mark-downs. Those who were
in retail 40 years ago remember the days of closing the store for a half-day or
maybe even coming in on a Sunday when no stores were open. Someone had to take
the physical inventory and the next person performed a double-check. Once
everything was counted, markdowns could be taken. Zebra printers have taken us
from the mid-20th Century to the end of the 20th Century
and now lead the way in the 21st Century.
Zebra printers from Electrone allow employees to mark down
select items rather than an entire line, plus there is no running back and
forth to a store room or front office for prices or supplies. Everything you
need is right at hand. Inventory levels and new prices are transmitted in real
time. No one is going to be waiting at the cash register for a price check. The
item is labeled and the POS will recognize it. There are no line back-ups, no
angry customers who have been waiting to be checked out, and no embarrassed
customer who feels like she is being treated as if she was attempting to buy
the item for less than it was intended.
Incorporating a Zebra printer from Electrone for all retail
mark-downs can be a wise, cost-efficient way of adding to the bottom line while
increasing employee productivity.
