Store management apparatus, store management method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

A store management method, comprising, by a store management apparatus:

• determining whether a predetermined reference is satisfied in a store;
• switching, by using a determination result, an operation mode of the store between an attended mode in which at least a salesclerk is permanently stationed and an unattended mode in which the salesclerk is not permanently stationed;
• and
• switching a store-entry condition to the store according to the operation mode after switching when the operation mode is switched, wherein
• the store-entry condition includes a first store-entry condition for entering the store in the attended mode and a second store-entry condition for entering the store in the unattended mode, the first store-entry condition and the second store-entry condition are different from each other, and
• the predetermined reference is absence of a customer near an entrance of the store at a reference time.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute:

• a procedure of determining whether a predetermined reference is satisfied in a store;
• a procedure of switching, by using a determination result in the procedure of determining, an operation mode of the store between an attended mode in which at least a salesclerk is permanently stationed and an unattended mode in which the salesclerk is not permanently stationed;
• and
• a procedure of switching a store-entry condition to the store according to the operation mode after switching when the operation mode is switched in the procedure of switching the operation mode, wherein
• the store-entry condition includes a first store-entry condition for entering the store in the attended mode and a second store-entry condition for entering the store in the unattended mode, the first store-entry condition and the second store-entry condition are different from each other, and
• the predetermined reference is absence of a customer near an entrance of the store at a reference time.