How to Buy Wholesale
Store Fixtures for Your Business
By
Jimmy Sturo
Article Source:
EzineArticles.com
It may sound funny, but
honestly, if you’re opening up your own retail store the last thing you’ll
ever want to do again for the rest of your life is buy anything retail --
especially if it’s for your own store. Buying your store fixtures
wholesale is not only mandatory it’s a last resort after you’ve tried
buying antique fixtures at a fraction of the cost. Even if you’ve hired a
top-notch retail store designer, he or she should be buying your fixtures
and other materials at prices even better than wholesale. The designer
should be charging for his services and not making a markup on the raw
materials. If you’re setting up your
store by yourself, you have to shop around to know the best wholesale
prices to pay for your fixtures. But expect to pay full price for the
design and manufacture of items that must be custom-made for you. For
example, if you want a certain look imitated in a new material you can
expect to pay a premium for that service as well. But if your tastes are
not too esoteric and if your product can be handled tastefully in a
variety of attractive displays you should have no trouble finding the
right fixtures at the right wholesale prices to fit your budget. Research
and flexibility is the key here. After all, whatever it is that you are
selling, you wouldn’t pay retail for it, so why pay retail for the
fixtures?
There are numerous store fixture
wholesalers in and around every city in America. There are enough stores
in existence in any major city and enough new ones opening up to make the
wholesale market for fixtures a healthy and competitive one. Visit them,
get their catalogues when you are planning the look of your store and ask
them about closeouts and discontinued items for sale. Their business, like
yours, changes with the seasons, the trends and technology. Give yourself
time to make your purchase and you may end up getting the fixtures you’ve
been wanting at prices even better than you expected.
Store Fixtures Info provides detailed
information on metal, antique, wholesale, and used store fixtures and
store fixture parts. Store Fixtures Info is the sister site of
Mannequins Web.
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Products for sale need to be displayed in a
manner which best presents them in the customers’ eyes. For example,
clothing needs to be folded on shelves, hung from racks or displayed on
mannequins. Books need to be displayed in shelves, spinning racks and
organized bins. Videos need shelving and racks to properly display titles.
All products lend themselves to some form of acceptable display. Even if
you are an innovative decorator and you want your display to be
revolutionary, you’ll still need some variation on the display techniques
that are already being used to distinguish your product from all the
others.
The single most popular starting place for
displaying wares in most retail stores is known as the slatwall panel.
Slatwall panels have been universally accepted as the most versatile
presentation system on the market today. Made of medium-density
fiberboard, slatwall panels easily adapt to your retail display needs and
require minimum maintenance. When used in conjunction with Lucite or metal
accessories, a slatwall can effectively be used to present any product
including clothing, giftware, ceramics, books, jewelry, house wares and
much more.
Available in a variety of colors and
finishes, you can create a unique look for your store in a short time by
selecting the slatwall that’s right for you. One choice would be to use
the all white, modern look for a retail appearance that’s open, clean and
high-tech. Choosing a darker, wood-grain look would evoke a quieter, more
formal ambiance. The choice is yours and with slatwall panels and
accompanying accessories you can create the look you think will best
showcase your merchandise.
A second display technique involves the use
of Gridwall panels. Unlike slatwall panels, gridwall panels can be used as
either self-standing or wall-mounted display units. Gridwalls are a
lightweight, durable fixture, constructed of quarter-inch-thick wire and
finished in baked-on, semi-gloss lacquer for a professional look. With the
proper accessories, gridwalls can function as lightweight shelving or
hanging displays as long as the products displayed on them are not too
heavy. Use your imagination and you’ll find gridwall panels may do the job
for you.
Store Fixtures Info provides detailed
information on metal, antique, wholesale, and used store fixtures and
store fixture parts. Store Fixtures Info is the sister site of
Mannequins Web.
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