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By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Fixtures

Black is the perfect accent, and Handy Store Fixtures is excited to present our newest upscale color shade for retail store fixtures and gondola shelving units: Textured Black (swatch featured at right). This chic and luxurious black will give your store a custom look without the custom price. Perfect for a sultry feel in lingerie stores and salons, or for a chic and luxurious color accent to any store, textured black store fixtures will create a unique look and make merchandise stand out. This will k... read more.

• February 28, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Fixtures

While the Handy Store Fixtures website has many pictures of our high quality store fixtures being used in various retail settings, we also want to make sure that our customers know about the additional store fixtures pictures on our Flickr account. Just go directly to http://www.flickr.com/photos/handy-store-fixtures/ or click on any of the revolving photos located below the YouTube icon button in the right column. Thank you for visiting today and stop back often for free retail store advice from the... read more.

• February 25, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Design

Your store fixtures will work for you if you arrange them so that you allow for free movement and maximum merchandise exposure. As such here are some things to avoid in your floor plan: Long aisles that can be overwhelming as well as claustrophobic for shoppers. Dead ends that make shoppers feel trapped. Narrow entrances and tight departments that don’t allow for free movement and “breathing room.” Small U-shaped displays that only allow for one shopper to comfortably shop in the area is not giving... read more.

• February 22, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Design

The purpose of your retail should be to guide customers through the store to not only get them to the products they’re looking for but also to expose them to as many product-containing store fixtures as possible to encourage additional buying. Two retail store patterns that work successfully are the Racetrack and the Power Aisle approach. The Racetrack Approach for Retail Store Floor Plan Design for two-way traffic flow, the Racetrack pattern creates a circular flow, leading your customers from the fr... read more.

• February 19, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Design

The sights and sounds of your retail establishment can determine if customers come in, stay to shop, buy merchandise and return often. These are shoppers that will spread the word by talking about their positive shopping experience. So, what does your store atmosphere say through its: Color Schemes – Colorful gondolas or even custom or wood store fixtures can make your retail establishment draw crowds or stand out among the competition. Signage – Visible signage can help guide customers to the merchan... read more.

• February 16, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Videos

Inside look on how Handy Store Fixtures transforms raw steel into the best gondola shelving units in the store fixture industry. Since 1952, Handy Store Fixtures has been manufacturing the highest quality store fixtures in the industry. Our factory is located in Newark, NJ. For more information please contact us today at (800) 631-4280.... read more.

• February 13, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Fixtures

Handy Store Fixtures is excited to present our newest upscale color for retail store fixtures and shelving units: Copper Vein. Many of our clients use color to as part of their merchandising strategy. They create displays with impact that draw customers’ eyes from one colorful area to the next, which tempts these customers to touch – and buy! Copper Vein is the perfect addition to our expansive gondola store shelving fixtures color wheel because it is livelier than brown, warmer than gray or black, an... read more.

• February 10, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Design

You’ve no doubt heard that the key to a successful business is location, location, location. Of course having a convenient location makes getting steady traffic to your store easy, but once that is achieved, only a proper store layout will make it profitable. For example, which would you rather have: (1) A steady flow of customers coming in and getting what they need, or (2) a steady flow of customers who not only get what they need but are encouraged by tie-in and impulse items? Certainly it’s the a... read more.

• February 07, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Fixtures

What good is a small store fixture that is surrounded by huge floor space? If you are looking for an easy way to increase profits, the first thing to do is really look at your store and make sure that you are making store fixtures work effectively for you to maximize profits  in all your available retail space, without cramming, of course. You can purchase gondola retail shelving that is the perfect size and color you need, with short lead times, so that you can start increasing profits right away. ... read more.

• February 04, 2024

By Steve Di Orio, Posted in Store Fixtures

End caps, placed at the end of gondola shelving fixtures, are prime real estate and should be used to promote new products and services, to sell higher-profit impulse items, or even to tempt the customer to move further down the aisle. Thus, here are some DOs and DON’Ts for using those end caps: DO keep your end caps fully stocked and neat with labels facing front. You know your end cap display is doing its job when you have to refill. DO change your end caps frequently. Even hot sellers get cold eventu... read more.

• February 01, 2024