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By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Management

Here's Another Handy Idea: Top Ways to Effectively Display Your Electronic Equipment What’s the most awkward thing you display in your store? Printers? iPods? Fax machines? These bulky, and sometimes strangely shaped, objects can be a challenge when it comes to retail displays. The iPods can get lost in a display that’s too large and printers can end up taking up space you can’t afford to lose. So what are you supposed to do? Get creative! There are a variety of inventive ways to display your elect... read more.

• May 28, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Management

Here's Another Handy Idea: Get Focused with the Right Camera Store Display Shelves How can you get your customers to focus on your best cameras if they aren't displayed properly? Often times, traditional store display shelves aren't designed for products such as cameras, digital video recorders and printers. Luckily, there are still ways to make your best products catch the eye of your customers. As a photographer, you know the importance of having focal points. Use some of the following solutions to... read more.

• May 25, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Fixtures

Handy Store Fixtures Teams up with the Montville Food Pantry Here at Handy Store Fixtures, we’re proud to be a locally-owned, independent business in Newark, New Jersey. We’re strongly committed to the area where we work and live, and try to give back as much as we can. The Handy staff is excited to share with you a cause close to our heart, the Montville food pantry. We recently donated shelving to the food pantry to help them organize their food and serve more needy families. The Montville food pant... read more.

• May 22, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Management

Tips for Retail Success Here at Handy Store Fixtures, we know it can be hard running a retail business. We’ve learned some lessons during our over 60 years of business, and we’re happy to share our tips for retail success. Location, Location, Location A good location is a critical key to success in retail. You can have all of the other pieces together, but if you don’t have a location customers will visit, it’s all for nothing. If you are an independent or small business, a good location is even more imp... read more.

• May 19, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Fixtures

Visit Handy Store Fixtures at the Toy Fair 2013 If you’re attending the Toy Fair 2013 February 10-13 in New York, stop by booth 5872 and say hi to the Handy Store Fixtures team. The Toy Fair is a huge show, with over 100,000 products under one roof. Steve DiOrio, Marketing Manager, and Ron Mehr, Northeast District Sales Manager, will be showing off our variety store shelving. Variety store fixtures and shelving make your products visible and your store easy to shop. Toy retailers can use end frames... read more.

• May 16, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Fixtures

Four Steps to Updating Your Store Keeping your store looking brand new can be a challenge. There are financial limitations as well as the time it takes to make changes. We’ve found four simple ways to update your store that won’t break the bank or take hours. 1. View Your Store as a Customer The first step is to decide what kind of changes you would like to make, if you had unlimited budget and time. Take a walk through your store and view it as a customer. What is there that shouldn’t be? What is missin... read more.

• May 13, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Management

Here’s Another Handy Idea: Wide Span Shelving for the Front End. Are you at a loss for how to effectively display bulky items like liquor bottles or pet food? Do you have a stock room that is a mess due to lack of proper shelving to store items? The creative concept of Wide Span Shelving may be the answer to your retail shelving problems. Wide Span Shelving is also a great solution for warehouses or stock rooms, as each shelf has the ability to hold over 2,000 pounds evenly distributed. With Wide Span... read more.

• May 10, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Management

Small Business Development Q&A When Steven Di Orio, our marketing manager at Handy Store Fixtures, liked one of Wall Street Journal/WCBS Business Reporter Joe Connolly’s tweets, Mr. Connolly reached out to Mr. Di Orio to thank him. Mr. Connolly provides business reports for WCBS Newsradio 880. He is a former WCBS news anchor, former sports reporter and a former Press Secretary. He has also won many awards for his small business reporting, so we took the opportunity to pick his brain on small... read more.

• May 07, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Management

Here’s Another Handy Idea: Steel Front Lips to Effectively Display Merchandise We’ve said it time and time again: consumers won’t buy a product they can’t see. New displays can help increase your sales by showing off your products in an effective and attractive way. Would you like to display more products by your checkout station, like boxes of candy or pastries? Steel Front Lips are your answer. Steel Front Lips                  ... read more.

• May 04, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Management

When Super Storm Sandy struck the East Coast, thousands were left without power, businesses were closed and damages were worse than expected. Handy Store Fixtures a Newark, New Jersey-based company, is committed to helping all retailers recover from disaster. We've found some ways to make sure you and your small business can recover. Who Can Help? A great place to start, for both personal and business damages, is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Experts recommend registering with FEMA a... read more.

• May 01, 2024