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Traditionally, cash office management and the reconciliation process have relied on manual procedures, such as counting currency and coin by hand, creating handwritten check deposits, and keying totals into the POS system. Many retailers have used the same cash office procedures for years, with the procedures inconsistently executed from store to store. Chain Store Age talked with Balance Innovations’ Janette Davis about how technology is bringing new efficiencies to cash office management.

New York City -- Uniqlo, the fast-growing apparel retailer from Japan, has implemented queue management systems from Lawrence, a Tensator Group Company, at its two new flagships in New York City (Fifth Avenue and 34th Street).

The custom-designed sleek, stainless steel Tensabarrier guidance system is designed to echo the ultra-modern store interior while helping guide customers easily through the checkout process and increase efficiencies in customer flow.

Receipt printers on point-of-sale systems often bear the brunt of the checkout workload. The units break down, need paper replenishments and suck up energy. Instead of allocating big-budget dollars to install costly new point-of-sale systems all together, many retailers are making small but smart investments in durable, reliable and flexible printers that cut back on energy consumption, make the lines go faster and have a longer shelf life.