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Queue busting

Meaning in sales & retail, with examples

nounCommon term

In sales & retail, queue busting means: Serving shoppers away from the main checkout to shorten payment queues, often using mobile equipment.

In Turkish: kasa kuyruğunu yerinde işlemle azaltma

How it is used

Use for staff taking payment or preparing checkout away from the fixed till during busy periods.

Example sentences

  1. Queue busting with handheld terminals kept the lunchtime line from blocking the entrance.

    Mobile service reduces dependence on the main checkout location.

  2. The manager assigned two trained associates to queue busting during the launch event.

    The technique requires staff and equipment suited to transactions away from the till.

Common collocations

  • queue busting team
  • mobile queue busting
  • checkoutThe place in a shop where customers pay for their goods, or the final payment step on a website.
  • cashierA person in a shop, supermarket or bank whose job is to take payments from customers and give them change and receipts.

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