Wheeler Dealer: Why Wheels Make Sense for Retailers

As a retailer, you no doubt understand the importance of displays and retail racks. These functional furniture items allow you to display your wares in innovative ways, and unlike wall-mounted racks and large shelving displays, they’re relatively easy to assemble, disassemble, and move throughout your retail space. In other words, they provide you with a Read More …

Acrylic: It’s Not Just for Nails

The material acrylic is a petroleum-based thermoplastic that offers extreme clarity and a relatively scratch-resistant surface (as opposed to some other plastics). Because it is so affordable and easy to mold, it makes for an ideal material for clear displays. It is often used for shelving, racks to hold paper materials (business cards, pamphlets, magazines, Read More …

End Caps: More Than an Afterthought

Every inch of retail space in your store is an opportunity to make a sale, but only if you use it correctly. Even how you lay out, aisles and carpeting could help to subconsciously steer buyers to certain areas of the store. Regarding these retail fixtures, you can’t afford to treat them like second-class citizens! Read More …

$200 in Upgrades that Can Majorly Impact Your Retail Space

You might not have the budget to completely overhaul your store décor, but that doesn’t mean you can’t see an improvement by spending just a little on targeted upgrades. Even if you’re working with a tight budget, say a couple hundred dollars, there are a few small purchases that could help you to improve the Read More …

Retail Apparel 101: The Basic Foundations of Clothing Store Displays

Get excited about opening your retail clothing store? Whether you’ve purchased a franchise, you’re curating a collection from various designers, or you’re selling your own designs, it’s a lot of fun to think about how you’ll put together outfits, choose the proper dramatic lighting, and create the gorgeous displays that are going to entice shoppers Read More …

Successful Holiday Promos to Generate Leads and Encourage Patronage

The clamor of the holiday season means retailers face a lot of competition if they want to catch the attention of shoppers. Coming up with successful holiday promotions is no easy feat, but if you want to generate leads and encourage patronage during the heightened spending of the season, you need to find ways to Read More …

Hot Design Trends to Update Your Store

Each year (and often, each season) brings a whole new host of tempting design trends that make you wish you had it in your budget to do a complete overhaul of your retail space. If only you’d known that navy blues and acrylic details would be in for this year, you might have planned differently! Read More …

Autumn Display Ideas to Fall in Love With

Are you looking for display ideas for the fall? The leaves are turning, and days are growing shorter. The air is crisp and smells of wood smoke. Kids are returning to school, and parents are setting their sights on the holidays. As a retailer, now is an ideal time to capture this mood of transition Read More …

Bringing It to the Table

Tables are made to put stuff on, and this utility has made display tables a staple of the retail space. Whereas peddlers of yore chose tables for durability, portability, supplies and other purely functional purposes, there are no such restrictions today. You have nearly unlimited options when it comes to how you display your wares Read More …

The Basics of Retail Shrink Wrap Systems

Shrink wrap is something that consumers frequently encounter, but rarely consider. Businesses, on the other hand, must carefully consider the use of shrink wrap materials and devices and how they are used in packaging. Shrink wrap can be used to wrap food, package retail products, and provide the finishing touches to goods produced in industrial Read More …