Layout of checkout counter is very important in each supermarket or shopping mall. It should help customers' easier checking out and speed up checking process. If there are too much people standing in lines it will affect other customers when they are looking for staffs and walking around the market.
There are two ways of layout design.
Grid layout:
This is the traditional layout of the mall.It means that the supermarket shelves and customer shopping channels are arranged in a long square way, and the width of the main channel is the same as that of the secondary channel, and all the shelves are arranged in a parallel or right-angle way.
Its advantage : make full use of supermarket market space;
Because it is placed in different categories, customers can easily identify commodity categories and distribution characteristics, convenient shopping;
The conventional specifications of the shelf can meet the requirements, no need to customize, cost saving;
Facilitate the simplification of commodity management and security work.
Island layout:
Shelves are arranged in separate islands, with shelves and goods placed in the middle of the islands.This layout is more suitable for stores and is mainly used for smaller items.