Shop Shelving Organisational Tips

When organising your shop shelving, it's important to think about the flow of your store traffic, the types of products you will be displaying, and the best way to maximise sales. You'll also need to consider keeping high-value items safe from theft, and fragile items safe from damage and breakage. Here are a few shop shelving organisational tips to help you to make the perfect plan for your store:

• Make the best of your space. Create an efficient floor plan (Shelving4Shops can help you with this if necessary!) that utilises all the possible space in your store so that you have space for a good variety of stock.
• Keep your shop shelving in good, clean condition. A neat and tidy shop is far more appealing than messy shelves in bad condition. If you need to update your shelving units give us a call - we also stock second-hand shop shelving (in excellent condition) if your budget is tight.
• Make use of awkward areas and corners with dump bins and wire stacking baskets so that there is no wasted space. These types of shelving accessories are great for end-of-line stock, promotional items and products that do not stack well on a shelf.
• Keep your shelves well stocked - half-empty shelves makes you store look as though it's not regularly re-stocked and maintained. If you only have a small amount of a certain product left that you need to display, choose a small area or end bay to display them or draw attention to them with a discount or promotion.
• Place complementary items together to make it easy for customers to find what they need and to encourage additional purchases. For example burgers and buns, snacks and soft drinks etc.
• Keep valuables up high, behind the counter or within sight at all times. Similarly, keep anything breakable on high shelves to avoid them being picked up by children.
• Use shelf risers and dividers to segregate products neatly and efficiently. This will not only make it easier for customers to find what they're looking for, but it will also make it easier for you to re-stock your shelves.
• Choose the right kind of shop shelving for your products. Pegboard shelving is great for hanging small items and different sized products; gondola shelving helps to create aisles in your store and maximises shelf space; end bays help to make your shelving runs look neat and provide a space for promotional products.

At Shelving4shops we offer a full range of shop shelving, now available in cream, black and grey including:

• Wall Shelving - A popular shelving option to place around the perimeter of your store, these bays sit flush against the wall giving you the maximum display space possible.
• Gondolas - This is the most popular choice for classic shelving in stores, it can be used to create aisles throughout a store and we stock 4 widths and 4 heights to ensure we have the correct size to suit your store.
• Magazine Units - The front cover of a magazine is the biggest selling point, using specialist shelving ensures that you display magazines or any paper goods in the most appealing way possible to customers to encourage purchases.
• Shelves and Accessories - Customise your shelving to maximise your shelving units with our extensive range of shelving accessories and make the most of the shelving you have.
• End Bays - The end of aisles receives a lot of foot traffic from customers navigating the store, this makes this space an excellent place to display sale and impulse purchase items.
• Corner Shelving - Use corner shelving to fill that forgotten back corner of your store and utilise every inch of floor space you in your store.
• Peg Board Wall Shelving - Peg board shelving is excellent if you have lots of items that do not sit well on a shelf. You can add hooks to hang items or when you need more flat space you can add shelves to the pegboard to ensure you are always using the space.
• Peg Board Gondola Shelving - These bays offer you space to hang items that do not sit well on a flat surface. These bays can be used in connection with our other bay units to create seamless displays.

If you need help planning or fitting out your store with shop shelving or shelving accessories, get in touch with us at Shelving4Shops for expert advice and a huge range of shelving options.