PENNSAUKEN, Penn.—Williams Trading Co. is offering retailers helpful tips on its many media platforms to help build inexpensive barriers for cash registers and check out areas. The tips are a part of the company’s efforts to assist its customers with helpful ideas for conducting business during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The company says that retailers must pay particular attention to safety around the cash register, which has emerged as the most dangerous place in the store because every item cashiers touch, scan and bag has been handled by customers and other workers.
Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and health economist at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health, said 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.
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. Visit this Retail Display website here, or go to your local home center after taking measurements to build your own barrier.
A few examples are 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.
Other tips along with their links are below:
• Tips to Brick & Mortar Retailers to Convert Commerce to Curbside Pick-Up During Openings, available here.
• A Checklist and Store Opening Guide as States Slowly Allow Openings, here.
• COVID-19 How to Exercise at Home and Tips on Stress, here.
• Protecting Yourself From COVID-19 While Grocery Shopping, here.
• Quick Tips How to Safely Remove Disposable Gloves, here.
• It’s Time to Make Your Own Face Mask Here’s how to do it, here.
• The Vital Importance of Social Distancing, here.
• Williams Trading University e-learning Portal to All Adult channels During the COVID-19 Stay at Home Mandate Period, here.
• COVID-19: A Retailer’s Guide YouTube video, here.
• Shut In With Recent COVID-19 Travel Restrictions or at Home and Practicing Social Distancing? Game ON! Here.
For ordering and product information, call a Williams Trading Co. Sales Representative at (800) 423-8587 or visit www.williamstradingco.com.
