Could your shop benefit from a commercial cleaning service?

In the retail industry, making a good first impression on your customers is vital, both for making a sale and for keeping customers coming back to your shop again and again.  If your shop relies on repeat trade, it is crucial to create a welcoming environment in which customers feel relaxed and happy.  Equally, if you sell high cost items, your customers need to feel they can trust you to provide a reliable product.  Often, therefore, the key to a successful retail business is not just about the products you stock, but the image you project.

As the manager or owner of a shop you and your staff will probably spend a large portion of your time on showing off your products in the best way possible, whether this be through creating the right layout, building displays that show off the latest seasonal goods, or a stunning window display to draw people into your shop.

With all this work going into how your shop looks, it is equally important that your shop is kept spotlessly clean.  Windows need to be kept free of smears, shelves free of dust, and floors vacuumed and mopped regularly.  How many potential sales could be lost due to a customer picking up an item only to find it covered in dust?  Nobody wants to try on clothes in a changing room with dirty tissues on the floor.  And it’s hard to create the effect you want when someone has left a half eaten packet of crisps next to the latest must-have bag.

But it can be hard for your regular shop staff to keep your shop looking pristine and this is where a commercial shop cleaning service could come in handy.  For one thing, your staff may well have spent most of the day on their feet, serving customers, re-tidying rails of clothes, and generally tidying up the shop floor continually.  By the end of the day, they will not only be longing to leave as soon as possible, but they may well not spot the mess, simply through having spent the whole day looking at it!  A cleaner provided by a commercial cleaning service will come in with fresh eyes, and with one aim only, to return your shop to a spotless condition. 

You may well think it would be simpler to just ask your regular staff to work extra hours and take on the cleaning duties in addition to their regular duties.  But, a good commercial cleaning service will provide staff who have been specially trained, and who are dedicated to cleaning to a professional standard.  They will be more efficient at the task, leading to better value for money.  On top of this, if you rely on your own staff to accomplish the cleaning, it may end up at the bottom of a very long list of priorities, and at certain times, during a stock take for example, or an unexpected delivery, or if there are staff absences, cleaning may fall by the way side altogether.  A commercial cleaning service, on the other hand, will put the cleaning first and will take on the responsibility of supplying cover if the regular cleaner is absent.

While it has long been standard practice for office-based businesses to hire in office cleaners, small shop owners have traditionally taken on cleaning themselves.  But many office cleaning companies also offer a service for shops, and can tailor this to your needs. Whether you choose a daily service to ensure your shop is ready for business each day, leaving you and your staff free to concentrate on other tasks, or if instead you feel that your staff can handle the daily vacuuming and dusting and you just need a commercial cleaning service to provide more in-depth cleaning once a week.  Sloane Cleaning is a London based commercial cleaning company who specialise in shops, restaurants and office cleaning.  For more information and a free quote, visit them at www.sloanecleaning.co.uk

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