Retail Pro Desk Staff Cannot Look Up Orders for Return Pickups
A customer requesting a return pickup at a Lowe's Pro Center found staff unable to look up the order in their system, instead requiring the customer to manually count and bring in every item before processing could begin. This points to a gap in front-line order-verification tooling at retail service desks.
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