When you have a surge in foot traffic, it makes it harder to keep your retail store clean between professional cleans. Cleanliness is imperative, ensuring your customers have an enjoyable and comfortable shopping experience. This means, as the store owner or manager, it is your responsibility to ensure your store is gleaming and healthy, creating the ideal space for your customers to shop.
Before you start feeling overwhelmed by the task of keeping your retail store clean, there are some key areas you should focus on, ensuring your store is gleaming and professional. The top five tips to keep your retail store clean between professional cleans includes:
You may not realise it but the condition of your floors contribute to your customers impression of your store. If your floors have dust and stains, customers are unlikely to stay and browse your product selection, some may never return. Whether you have daily or weekly professional cleaners cleaning your store, you want to keep a close eye on the floors, giving them a quick sweep or vacuum when you notice dust or dirt, along with cleaning up any spills quickly.
When it comes to your wash rooms, daily cleaning isn't enough, especially if your store experiences high foot traffic. When your wash rooms are untidy or unhygienic, it presents a poor impression to your customers. Keep your wash rooms clean and neat, wiping down surfaces, replenishing supplies, and ensuring every area of the wash room is pristine throughout the day. A tip is to create a schedule where employees must check the wash rooms at regular intervals throughout the day.
Even with daily professional cleaning services your shelves and displays will become messy and dirty, as customers touch and move things around. Dust can quickly accumulate on shelving and displays, making the products less appealing to your customers. Encourage employees to get into the habit of checking the shelves and displays after customers have been going through them, neatening them up, and if needed, giving them a wipe down, ensuring any dust and dirt is eliminated, providing customers with a great shopping experience.
When you have a constant flow of customers walking in and out of your store, it's easy for your entrance to get dirty quickly. Smudges on glass doors is not appealing to passers-by, discouraging them from entering your retail store. Remember this is the first impression a customer has of your store, so ensure your entrance is clean, neat, and free of obstacles, creating a welcoming environment for shoppers.
Any furniture you have in your retail store, along with your walls are often overlooked areas. Professional cleaning services will spot check your walls and furnishings, but during the day you will want to wipe off any smudges and marks, keeping walls and furnishings clean and healthy.
Keeping your retail store clean between professional cleans doesn't have to be a major task. Following the above quick tips, you can keep your store sparkling, healthy, and appealing to your customers, encouraging them to come into your store and browse your products. Do you need help keeping your retail store clean? Get in touch with the expert team at Sloane Cleaning Services today to find out more.