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Retail Store Optimization Checklist V2

by Gerhard Devilliers, from the Community

This optimization checklist helps retail store leaders assess and improve daily operations. Evaluate leadership and team readiness, customer greetings, sales floor and POS service, fitting room standards, and visual merchandising. Verify promotion execution, pricing accuracy, lighting, temperature, cleanliness, and maintenance. Review stock management including planograms, replenishment, markdown handling, and consolidations. Strengthen risk controls with refund checks, security tagging, hazard counts, fire safety, floor coverage, and a documented stock loss action plan.

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