Elevators play a key role in creating the shopping experience that we know and enjoy today. Elevators give shoppers easy access to the upper floors of buildings as well as underground car parks. It gives young, elderly, frail and disabled people access to areas that may previously have been totally off-limits to them. Elevators are an integral part of the smooth, efficient, and cost-effective flow of people in and out of and from floor to floor in buildings.

KONE elevator solutions for retail buildings are most often based on the KONE MonoSpace® platform that is ideal for passenger traffic in low- or mid-rise buildings. KONE MonoSpace freight elevators are designed for handling goods and material in all building segments. They serve the users in places such as supermarkets, department stores, passenger terminals, hospitals and warehouses.

In supermarkets, hypermarkets and wholesalers, shoppers are generally keen to get in and out quickly and efficiently. Transportation equipment should therefore be able to be help shoppers move effortlessly out of the building or into the car parking floors. In shopping malls and department stores, shoppers are happy to take their time and wander around the aisles and boutiques. There, the transportation needs to be aesthetically attractive and inviting, and should add to the image of the mall or store. From a proprietor’s point of view, the equipment in a retail centre should be reliable, environmentally friendly and space-efficient.

Visit also the Escalator section on this site to get information about escalator solutions for retail.