Shoppers Drug Mart announces semi-finalists in inter-store competition

TORONTO What better way to improve chain-wide compliance than to tap into the competitive fire already burning in retail managers?

At least that’s what Shoppers Drug Mart appears to be doing, having recently named six of its stores as “semi-finalists” to be named the company’s “Model Store,” as reported Wednesday in the The Brockville Recorder and Times, an Ontario daily.

According to the report, six regional vice-presidents will soon judge the store on a number of criteria, including maintenance of store standards and procedures, overall merchandising and the store’s success in attracting customer visits.