shop floor
noun
British
: the area where products are made in a factory
proper safety procedures for the shop floor
also
: the workers in a factory
managerial control of the shop floor
Examples of shop floor in a Sentence
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Managers play up cultural similarities to promote camaraderie on the shop floor.
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Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
The company has fourth-generation leadership and a fifth generation entering the shop floor.
—Ethan Karp, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Imagine dedicated fit zones on the shop floor, pressure-mapping tools to help customers choose by support profile—not just style—or staff trained to speak to anatomical needs, not just aesthetics.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Frontline workers – the people closest to the issues on the shop floor – can be deeply involved in developing those solutions.
—Natan Linder, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
On the shop floor of the London store, Judd Crane, executive director of buying and brand at Selfridges, is putting his focus on exclusivity.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
Tearing apart a 911 to put it back together, better, stronger, and technically perfect
The first step–disassembly–happens off-site from Singer’s pristine Torrance, California shop floor.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2025
The company also said that enhanced visual merchandising in stores and the reintroduction of mannequins on the shop floor; cross-category styling ,and styling innovations on the Burberry website also helped to tempt customers.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 24 Jan. 2025
Material innovations cannot scale without buy-in from multiple brands, factory customers have an integral role to play in improving practices on the shop floor, and building up circular infrastructure requires participation from many players.
—Sj Staff, Sourcing Journal, 24 Jan. 2025
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Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
The company has fourth-generation leadership and a fifth generation entering the shop floor.
—Ethan Karp, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Imagine dedicated fit zones on the shop floor, pressure-mapping tools to help customers choose by support profile—not just style—or staff trained to speak to anatomical needs, not just aesthetics.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Frontline workers – the people closest to the issues on the shop floor – can be deeply involved in developing those solutions.
—Natan Linder, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
On the shop floor of the London store, Judd Crane, executive director of buying and brand at Selfridges, is putting his focus on exclusivity.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
Tearing apart a 911 to put it back together, better, stronger, and technically perfect
The first step–disassembly–happens off-site from Singer’s pristine Torrance, California shop floor.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2025
The company also said that enhanced visual merchandising in stores and the reintroduction of mannequins on the shop floor; cross-category styling ,and styling innovations on the Burberry website also helped to tempt customers.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 24 Jan. 2025
Material innovations cannot scale without buy-in from multiple brands, factory customers have an integral role to play in improving practices on the shop floor, and building up circular infrastructure requires participation from many players.
—Sj Staff, Sourcing Journal, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Shop floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shop%20floor. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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