4AM stores that routinely take doubles will be screwed and I imagine will not stay 4AM for long. If you only get random double every once in a while or during BTS/4Q, you will have approval to temporarily go back overnight to account for the increased freight. We are 6AM and usually do a week of 4AM for BTS, a week around Black Friday, and 2 weeks before New Years.
Plus reduced lighting and HVAC costs. I'm also fairly certain my time adjusts needs down on the sales floor, given that it expects some flow tms to be in the building during operating hours.
I think part of it is follow up. During the day you have multiple ETLs on the floor. At night you have one maybe 2 ETLs depending on volume and 3 team leads not including POG. You have to have followup and timing down for it to work, and it's way easier to get someone in for a callout when it's a 4am or 6am process within 2 hours or at least get someone that knows what they are doing to push effectively. Technically a well performing Hardlines TM should be able to do the same work.
Spot also likes to think they're more upscale than other discount retailers. Looking like a tornado hit a Walmart at 8am when the store opens doesn't really help that image.
And they give me shit about one light being out or one soda can in the parking lot but having a tornado like atmosphere indoors hurts more than a couple cosmetic blemishes that most guests don’t even notice.
