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Retail Store Visit Audit Checklist

by Davo Plaistow, from the Community

This store visit audit checklist helps retail managers evaluate operational excellence across staffing, customer service, and incident handling; shrink awareness and refusal logs; order and collect fulfillment; onboarding and training; cashier security reporting; refund and void dual control; sign-in/out processes with CCTV; rota coverage and management presence; basket readiness; date code checks and stock rotation for high‑risk items; till standards and security tagging; cosmetics control and coverage; damages sign-off; risk and compliance actions; keyholder management; CCTV spot checks; cosmetics cover by takings band; promotion setup, facing, queue system, discretionary space; Trustpilot process; SSS performance; social posting; and overall store rating with signatures.

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