Phantas

Hiring difficulties, an aging cleaning staff and rising minimum wages were eroding the economics of store cleaning.

Contractors sign for and run the robots: Whiz i on ceramic floors, wet-mopping Phantas on plastic-tile floors, now across 120 stores.

Cleanliness maintained at lower cost, contractor margins improved, and families with children respond well.

Reduce floor-cleaning work for store staff and standardize quality across a 4,000+ store network.

After a test phase, 200+ units were rolled out to German stores; distributor Philon provides an all-inclusive service package.

Cleans a whole store unsupervised in about 1.5 hours; standard in new stores, with a second phase planned.