Williams Trading Tips for Retailers Building Inexpensive Checkout Barriers

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — (05-28-20) — Williams Trading Co. has shared tips on how retailers can build inexpensive barriers for cash registers and checkout areas now that adult stores are reopening nationwide.

The cash register, said a rep, “has emerged as the most dangerous place in the store, according to public health and worker safety experts. Every item cashiers touch, scan and bag has been handled by customers and other workers.”

Retailers have been stepping up their safety measures as the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) guidance on the virus evolves. Many stores have installed guards at checkout lanes and added social distancing markers in lines.

Retailers are also “limiting the number of customers inside the store at one time and are sanitizing checkout stations frequently. Companies are also expanding the use of contact-free payment options so customers don’t have to touch screens or enter their pins.”

The best practice for adult store owners, the rep continued, is “to maintain social distancing and install additional safety measures at the cash register in the form of barriers.”

According to Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and health economist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, cashiers “need N95 masks as much as health care workers.” He believes that all stores also need to give their cashiers face shields because many coronavirus carriers are asymptomatic.

Williams Trading suggests helping maintain social distance and physical separation while protecting from splashes and sprays with clear plastic barriers.

“Plexiglass sneeze guards, splash guards, cashier shields and other clear partitions are more important than ever. Many online resources are available to order plexiglass barriers or sneeze guards,” the rep said.

Here are a few examples listed below:

Simple Plexiglass Installation – this simple plexiglass sheet is a straightforward flat piece of plexiglass with minimal fasteners. A cutout can be provided for credit card terminals. This material is easily found at most hardware centers, and can be cut to size.

Simple Barrier Attached to Counter or Register – You can create a simple temporary barrier and mount this directly to your front register counter space. Leave a space at the bottom for products and tender to be passed between employees and customers.

Suspension from Ceiling with Color Border – Many retailers have attached a sheet of plexiglass to the ceiling with a counter slot underneath. Please be careful to anchor this type of barrier with a rigid mount.

This is the latest in Williams Trading Co’s COVID-19-related educational releases; each week, new content will be posted across Williams Trading Co’s various media platforms. Visit this Retail Display website here, or simply go to your local home center after taking measurements to build your own barrier.

Previous content can be found at the links below:

Williams Trading Co. Offers Tips to Brick & Mortar Retailers to Convert Commerce to Curbside Pick-Up During Openings – Williams Trading offers retailers How-To tips on converting their brick and mortar business model to curbside pickup.

Williams Trading Co Offers a Checklist and Store Opening Guide as States Slowly Allow Openings – Williams Trading Co offers retailers some helpful guidelines for reopening their business as restrictions begin to lift.

COVID 19 How to Exercise at Home and Tips on Stress – Williams Trading Co. offers some great tips on exercising at home and dealing with stress.

Protecting Yourself From COVID-19 While Grocery Shopping – Best practices and tips on how to protect yourself while at the grocery store.

Quick Tips How to Safely Remove Disposable Gloves – There’s a right way and a wrong way to take off gloves; this shows you the correct way to remove gloves and avoid contaminating your hands.

It’s Time to Make Your Own Face Mask Here’s how to do it – Complete with printable patterns, diagrams, and instructions.

The Vital Importance of Social Distancing – Why Social Distancing is important to flattening the curve of COVID-19.

Williams Trading Co. Opens Up It’s Williams Trading University e-learning Portal to all Adult channels During the COVID 19 Stay at Home Mandate Period – The award-winning e-Learning platform offers all retailers a chance to brush up or refresh their knowledge with over 150 training modules. This is a great way to pass the time – and earn chances to win prizes.

Williams Trading Co Releases New Course on Williams Trading University – A Retailers Guide to COVID-19 – With information culled directly from the CDC’s website, this module on Williams Trading University offers retailers a guide to best practices when deep cleaning their stores, an overview of symptoms of the virus, and downloadable, printable infographics that can be used as signage or even checklists for store employees.

You Tube – The COVID-19: A Retailer’s Guide YouTube video – shares best practices for retailers concerned about COVID-19, tips to sanitizing your store, and how to keep your employees and customers healthy.

Shut In with Recent COVID-19 Travel Restrictions or at Home and Practicing Social Distancing? Game ON! – What better way to boost sales? Whether a brick & mortar location serving the public with curbside service, or an e-commerce site shipping product to consumers, games are a hot item right now.

The COVID-19: A Retailer’s Guide – YouTube video shares best practices for retailers concerned about COVID-19, tips to sanitizing your store, and how to keep your employees and customers healthy.

Each week, Williams Trading Co will upload new, COVID-19 related content to appropriate platforms like the Williams Trading Co blog, the Williams Trading Co. YouTube Channel, Williams Trading Co’s Facebook page and/or Williams Trading Co.’s Twitter.

Article by: Andy Powell, Staff Writer

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