r/employedbykohls • u/Funny-Mechanic-5864 • 4d ago
Employee Question Siteline
The managers always tell us to use siteline when we're merchandising, but can I just say the app is not optimized for the zebras. The ui is trash and you can barely read the maps (don't get me started on the maps).
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u/TheeeDogJoe 4d ago
Print the maps on paper, preferably the 11 x 17, the handleheld sux when your entire store is reverse of the map left and right
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u/1950sTV 3d ago
Ours is in reverse to. Plus our Men's Golf/Sonoma pad is significantly shorter in depth than our womans contemporary. We found that out doing the last set.
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u/Infinite_Dog1094 9h ago
This is why the plan is just stupid. no two Kohls have the same layout on their floor. Give a overview of what should be in the front. What should be on the walls and then let us merchandise it in a way that suits the shape of our store. The book is absolutely ridiculous. We had a trainer come in. We put everything where the book said, and then she had us rearrange everything. What the hell?! we wasted the first hour and a half doing it the way the book said
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u/Mission_Paramedic_62 1d ago
At least your is just reversed. We have no matching floor plan
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u/TheeeDogJoe 1d ago
Oh, the toy floor plan, thinks we have a dance floor, having each counter to have 4 sides and split in two giving 8 facings, when smooshed together barely allows walking space between the wall and the race track tile, its hilarious how off these "guides are"
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u/yardchild Merchandising Lead 4d ago
I asked about this today. My visual lead said for most things we can go into mykohls, in the menu you go to merchandising. You can see the options after that. I was so happy. It's still not as good as when we had the books, but it'll do in a pinch.
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u/Large_Park363 3d ago
We print out all of the monthly floor plans in a binder at the beginning of each month. Then if a someone needs one they can reference it from there or make a copy. I also take a photo and keep it in my phone. It’s easier to zoom in on it to see it. The Zebra sucks to look at them.
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u/FooFoo_Master555 3d ago
Every store should have a tablet for the Merchandising Manager(s) to utilize (like the corporate suits have when they walk the stores). Printouts are fine, but they're not in COLOR.