| Convenience store shelving helps small store owners | | | | supplies to the forefront of shoppers' attention. |
| compete with larger stores by making the ordinary | | | | When it comes to loss prevention, it is advisable to |
| look extraordinary. With a new layout, and new | | | | limit the height of convenience store shelving to allow |
| shelves in their convenience stores, small retail | | | | clerks to watch customers at all times. Some retail |
| merchants can stock additional items for the | | | | establishments have shelving as high as 84", but |
| Christmas Season and increase their sales. Something | | | | because convenience stores are smaller, we |
| as simple as placing end caps on the end of aisles, or | | | | recommend using shelving that is no more than 72" in |
| adjusting shelves for more convenient display of | | | | height. This still leaves plenty of stock room to |
| large items with better lighting, can make the | | | | merchandise all sorts of products, and it allows |
| difference between selling or not selling. When people | | | | mirrors, cameras, and employees to monitor the floor |
| walk into a convenience store expecting to see the | | | | space. |
| same old thing they always do, they will be pleasantly | | | | More can be done with less when it comes to |
| surprised to see a professionally merchandised layout | | | | convenience store shelving units by Easy Rack. It is |
| that looks like shelving in larger retail establishments | | | | not so much the number of physical units but how |
| and competitively markets a blend of products that | | | | the individual shelves are adjusted on these units. The |
| represents a steady revenue stream. | | | | depth of an individual shelf can be as high as 22", or |
| There are types of convenience store shelves: | | | | as little as 12". The significance of this becomes |
| double-sided aisle shelves and single-sided shelves, | | | | readily apparent to anyone who has ever had to |
| also known as wall shelves. Both aisle and wall | | | | strain to see labels on the bottom shelf. If top |
| displays feature shelves that can be adjusted both | | | | shelves and bottom shelves are the same depth, the |
| for height and for depth. This allows larger than | | | | top shelves block the light. In a convenience store, |
| normal items to be stocked conveniently, and it | | | | every bit of shelf space is essential, so gradually |
| allows for shelving that is obscured in shadows to | | | | reducing shelf depth from top to bottom allows for |
| get better light. | | | | an even wash of light over all the products on |
| Before investing in aisle shelving and wall shelving, | | | | display. |
| convenience store owners should develop some sort | | | | As far as decorative appeal goes, convenience store |
| of space management plan. Since most convenience | | | | shelving is as varied as convenience stores |
| stores are small, there is probably very little room | | | | themselves. Easy Rack has all sorts of colors to |
| along walls for new shelves. However, custom wall | | | | choose from, including gray, almond, black, caramel, |
| units can be installed to fill in gaps and make unused | | | | light beige, and beige. The most popular color is |
| corners into displays, and wall shelving can also be | | | | almond, but this is solely a matter of subjective |
| used to create end caps on convenience store aisles | | | | preference. |
| that will bring food items, small gifts, and basic | | | | |