First Impressions

There’s no way about it, first impressions matter!

In a store, this is more important than ever in clinching those sales. People walking into your store for the first time can take a bit of time to orient themselves and ‘get used’ to your store. Therefore, what you put at the entrance to your store matters a great deal. 

Make the most of this space. It's a fantastic opportunity to grab customers attention and lure them in! You don't want the entrance to look cluttered, so an effective use of shelving to display products means customers can really feel comfortable browsing. It's a great place to put offers, to really entice people in, so again display is very important here. 

Our peg boards are a great way of experimenting with products at varying heights, creating a visually stimulating display. Sometimes products just don't sit well on shelves, due to their size or shape, which is where peg boards come in. You can more effectively showcase products in a different manner, allowing for demonstration of the product to its original capabilities. Peg boards also allow for display flexibility. 

The shop entrance has the highest footfall in your entire shop, it's definitely worth making the most of. Make sure you grab the person's attention and display your products as effectively as possible!

Peg Boards

No matter how hard you try, sometimes you just can’t get a certain product to sit well on a shelf. This isn’t the shelf’s fault, it’s most likely the design and shape of the product. Not every product is designed with a shelf in mind. Some products just hang a lot happier on a peg board.

Peg board’s are a great way of varying your shop display. They give you a chance to experiment with different heights and levels, effectively showcasing products in a different manner. Products that are designed to hang can be displayed more effectively with the use of peg boards, and demonstrate the product to its original capabilities. 

If you find that the peg board display needs ’shaking up’ a little, then it’s as simple as anything to move some of the pegs around to better display certain products. If you find that there’s an empty space where a product has sold well, then it’s quick and simple to move another peg and product to that empty space on the board. It may also be a lot safer to showcase certain products on a peg board than it would be if they were placed on a shelf, mugs for instance. Shelves tend to have an extremely smooth and slippery surface, and mugs are practically designed to be hung on a peg board. 

Peg boards can provide you with plenty of versatility for your merchandise and shop floor layout and configuration. However, it’s important to remember that it’s not about seeing how many pegs and stock you can fit on one unit. Peg boards encourage you to diversify your displays, and allow you to create an easy and efficient customer shopping experience. 

The Versatility of Peg Board Shelving

Peg board shelving is suitable for many different stores, shops, and retail outlets. Peg board is a type of shop shelving that comprises a shelf backing full of holes - pegs and hooks can then be fitted at appropriate heights to hang or display your products as required. The beauty of peg board shop shelving is its versatility, as you can adapt it to your needs as many times as you like, changing your shelving to suit your stock.

Peg board shelving can be used with almost any type of standard shop racking base, including wall shelving, gondola shelving and end bays. Peg board comes in a variety of heights and peg board backing can even be swapped with existing shelving units for a quick and easy change to your shelving configuration.

Our peg board wall shelving comes in three different heights, 1.8m, 2.1m and 2.4m, all with a 370mm base shelf. Our peg board gondola units also have a base of 370mm but are double-sided for extra shelf space. Gondola peg board units come in heights of 1.4m, 1.6m, 1.8m and 2.1m. End bays also come in the same sizes and can be fitted to other shop shelving units to complete a run or provide promotional shelving space.

Peg board shelving is used in lots of different retail stores, including pet shops, automotive accessory stores, convenience stores and supermarkets, and clothes and shoe shops.


Alongside peg bord shelving, Shelving4Shops holds large quantities of other shop shelving and accessories, including:

·     Gondola shelving - This is a popular shelving choice in many stores, use gondola units to create aisles throughout your store or use them in conjunction with other units we offer to create seamless shelving throughout your store

·     Wall shelving - This shelving can be used around the perimeter of your shop floor to maximise your floor space and provide ample room for displaying items.

·     Shopping baskets - Placing baskets at the front and around your store is a great way to encourage customers to purchase more items as baskets make it easier for them to hold items.

·     Wire stacking baskets - These are an excellent way, like dump bins, to display impulse purchase items and sale items throughout the store. As these are freestanding they can be used to fill empty space in your store and can be easily moved to create new interesting displays.

·     Corner shelving - Utilise every inch of floor space you have by using specialist corner shelving to bring life back into an overlooked corner of your store.

Complement your peg board shelving with a range of shop shelving accessories to make the very best out of your display space, and if you need any help designing your shop layout or deciding on the type of retail shelving you need for your store, please get in touch with the Shelving4Shops team.