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1 WHAT MAKES A GOOD DISPLAY? Keep the area clean and well-organized, especially if it's a self-sell area. 'How can you claim to be in the cleaning business if your [...]

Retailers Eye Gadget Wall Alternatives The department store gadget business isn't what it used to be. Gadget walls aren't being torn down like the Berlin Wall, but some retailers and [...]

Ironing display tailors to new consumer DENVER (FNS) -- Noting that the `cocooning' trend is helping fuel sales of ironing boards and covers, vendors are broadening their product offerings in [...]

Bath suppliers target multiple sales NEW YORK - Whether it's Snoopy and his pal Woodstock with their mugs on a double polished vinyl shower curtain or a finely tailored fabric [...]

Now Showing Manufacturers' displays put lighting and accessories in the starring role Few consumers walk into a furniture store looking for a framed print or into a furniture department asking [...]

Display's the thing: Makers target 'aging baby boomers' NEW YORK--Area rug suppliers are sprucing up their merchandising techniques to captalize on aging 'baby boomers' who will have more disposable income [...]

Retail store managers and their suppliers are learning to cooperate on marketing strategies to help sell their products. This cooperation can be seen in the development and creation of planograms that are meant to maximize the arrangement of products on store shelves to attract more customers to these products. Planograms are designed on computer programs that classify products according to categories and their sales performance. Some suppliers have developed their own planograms with the help of data gathered from retailers., Partnerships. The word was seldom heard before this decade, as hardware retail swung from a supplier-led industry to a retailer-led phenomenon in the '80s. This change in the seat of [...]

Sauder Launches Gallery Program HIGH POINT, N.C. -- Sauder Woodworking launched a gallery program for its line of ready-to-assemble furniture at the International Home Furnishings Market here and expects to [...]

NEW YORK--In a decorative pillow supplier's retail fantasy, floral, striped and solid pillows would be perched on sofas, tossed on beds, and arranged on wicker chairs, and consumers would flock [...]

How to Sell Spiffy Accessories ATLANTA - Most consumers think of accessories as 'props' to dress up furniture store displays, not as items that are actually for sale. That chilling [...]

Olympia uses in-store program to push outdoor lighting sales POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- A new in-store merchandising program and an expanded group of product offerings are helping Olympia Lighting, the [...]

Strategies to manage the display of a retail store are discussed.

Answers to queries pertaining to display management in retail stores are presented.

In the cozy town of Bernalillo, N.M., where no mass merchandisers have set up camp, many people shop Ta Gr Mo Lumber & Hardware for housewares and giftware. Manager Helen [...]

For retailers in markets where the local football team is a large part of the community, seasonal merchandising can provide more than one opportunity in October. Miller's Ace in McMurray, [...]

Vendors such as Thomaston, Sheftex and The Rug Barn revealed new packaging and presentation fixtures at the Home Textiles Market, in New York, in October 1994. Among the companies that had wholly new packaging were Home Innovations and Carpenter Company. Companies such as DJC Creations provided display racks and other fixtures for presenting their products well., NEW YORK--In addition to an abundance of new products, vendors at last week's Home Textiles Market here unveiled spiffed-up packaging, fancy fixtures and signature shop concepts to add excitement to [...]

CREATING GOOD ENDCAP DISPLAYS * If anyone appreciates the value of an endcap, it's Jeff Cape, owner, Coast to Coast Hardware in Elkin and Jonesville, N.C. 'Endcaps are the most [...]

Dayton Hudson: Conquering Space MINNEAPOLIS - For department stores with limited floor space for home textiles, the challenge is to carefully edit assortments and tailor visual presentations to meet the [...]

Step One: Well-Defined Housewares Section Editor's Note--Allen Levis is a general merchandise consultant to the supermarket industry. Chicago--Many supermarket chains have recently enlarged their housewares departments to meet the growing [...]

Imperial's `cutting center' lends focus to cutlery items CHICAGO - Imperial Schrade Corp. is capitalizing on its merchandising and packaging strengths with the creation of a cutting center to display [...]

HOW TO STIMULATE RETAIL SALES? Luxury linen specialists have one guiding principle when it comes to merchandising the category: Show as much of the product on a bed or in [...]

Mayer opens 2nd showroom BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Mayer Lighting Showrooms, a division of the $150 million electrical supplier and wholesaler, Mayer Electric Supply, has opened its second showroom under the [...]

Lawrin galleries grow, ease life for customers, sales staff KOSCIUSKO, Miss. -- The Lawrin Co. is going full steam ahead with the lighting gallery program that it launched nine months [...]

STICKS AND SMALLWARES Programs spur impulse purchases Making up a weekly shopping list often involves thumbing through cookbooks for recipe ingredients and browsing through cupboards to see what items are [...]