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{Great Ideas} Six Simple Tips for Truckstop Retail Displays
As strange as it may seem, we are almost in the middle of the summer sales drive. This offers you a great opportunity to wow customers that are visiting your location for the first time with your customer service and product offerings.
In addition to being greeted happily by your staff, are customers also greeted with visually pleasing and dynamic displays featuring hard to resist promotional opportunities? Or are they greeted by displays that could use some TLC?
Here are six simple guidelines to follow to build visually pleasing and dynamic displays:
- If the display is inside the store, the display should be no higher than five feet tall to avoid blocking the view of other products.
- American Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines for clearance should be adhered to. There should be 48 inches between displays and fixtures to ensure a positive shopping experience.
- Continuously restock the display — the display is marketing the product and is often what is selling the product.
- All displays need the base wrap to show the product’s name rather than the white backside of another product's base wrap.
- Vendors usually have special items that can be used to dress a display up and grab the attention of the customer. Vendors may not have enough of these items for all their stops, so a good vendor relationship really helps.
- Avoid the unattractive, dirty ring base wraps have a tendency to acquire by carefully and thoroughly mopping the floor around base wraps.
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Join the conversation! Do you follow these guidelines for your display? What other tips would you provide? Or have a different retail merchandising, marketing or operations question? Post your question in the comments and Darren will answer it in the next Darren’s Great Ideas! for Independent Operators. |
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