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Recommendations
• Give it special attention during the planning stages
• Decorative lighting combined with sales floor lighting
• Information point for customers’ orientation
• Glare-free lighting with minimal shadows
The Cash desk completes the shopping experience. It should be appealing and friendly so that
customers feel assured of their purchase decision and leave the store feeling positive. Spatially
effective lighting accents support orientation in the queuing area. Eye-catching elements such
as large pendants or suspended luminaires with decorative shades are ideal to make the Cash
desk easy to find from anywhere in the shop.
Although employees also move around the sales floor, the Cash desk is where they work the
longest stretches. Lighting in this area should therefore also meet the requirements of a stand-
ard-compliant and healthy workplace. Sufficient brightness is required on the table surface
when scanning and packing goods as well as when accepting payment. This makes work less
stressful for the eyes and reduces exhaustion. For a friendly and trusting atmosphere at the
checkout counter, faces must be easily perceived. Glare-free illumination with as few shadows
as possible shows facial expressions to their best advantage. If displays are also used at the
checkout counter, country-specific DIN standards must be considered, such as optimum glare
control for light sources or reduced reflected glare on the display and keyboard.
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