Apple to bring changes to retail stores
// October 29th, 2009 // Mac OS
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Retail, Holidays
As the holiday season brings additional shoppers to Apple’s retail stores, they’ll be making changes to ensure a pleasant experience for the new customers, ifoAppleStore reports.First, they’re going to ditch the color-coded Starfleet uniform T-shirts, which shoppers have found confusing. Instead, all employees will wear the same color. Next, the handheld checkout devices will be swapped out for specially-equipped iPod touches. A new scanner accessory will interact with point-of-sale software on the iPods. Best of all, employees will be able to accept cash from customers right where the stand, eliminating the often time-consuming walk to the cash register.
Watch for these changes at an Apple Store near you.
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