Tips for Fitting Out a New Store with Shop Shelving

Fitting out a new store with shop shelving and racking can be a great opportunity to maximise the potential of your layout from the very beginning. Opening a new shop is exciting, nervewracking and a lot of work, but the Shelving4Shops team have over 15 years' experience in helping new businesses get set up and ready for opening day, from the planning stages to the physical fitting of your shop shelving.

Starting with an empty shell, plan out your shop shelving layout to optimise the success of your store - where you place your shelving and shop fittings really has an impact on how much your customers spend during each visit. Here are a few tips on fitting out your new store to create the best shelving configuration and design possible. 

Creating Aisles with Gondola Shelving - Gondola shelving is double-sided freestanding shelving that is perfect for creating aisles up and down your store. Link gondola units together to form a 'run' of shelving that you can stock with products either side. Use these partitions to determine how your customers will move through your store, guiding traffic to different areas to maximise exposure to your stock.

Stocking Shelves - Generally, products at eye-level perform better than products lower down on the shelves so consider which popular products are going to bring you the most return, and place them accordingly. Avoid having over-crowded or under-stocked shelves, and keep your shop shelving neat, clean and tidy with clear signage and pricing information.

Product Displays - Think about the areas in your store that will have the most visual impact for customers - perhaps an end bay of a gondola facing the front door, or wall space next to your shop counter. And don't forget about your window displays - make the most of seasonal goods and provide passing customers with an enticing display to bring them into your store.

Maximise Space - Configure your shop shelving to make the best of your floor area, ensuring that customers have plenty of room to move between aisles and browse without bumping into anything! Pegboard shelving can be useful to save on space and allows you to display a wide range of products on hooks and shelves. If space is really an issue, think vertical and add extra shelves above head height to store additional stock, or place dump bins and corner shelving in every available nook and cranny.

Coordinate your Shelving - Use matching Epos strips, promotional material, lighting and colour to coordinate your store and bring a sense for consistency. Play to your customers' senses and use music and scent to entice them in and keep them shopping for longer!

At Shelving4Shops we are always updating our stock ranges. Why not come and see us and view our large quantities of new shop shelving and accessories, including:

·     Gondola shelving - Many stores choose to use gondola shelving due to its versatility and the range of widths and heights that we stock mean that it is perfect for every store. This shelving can be used to create aisles throughout your store and provide ample display room.

·     Wall shelving - If you have a lot of wall space then wall shelving is an excellent way to maximise the floor space you have available. We have a range of heights and widths available to ensure you can find the perfect fit for your store.

·     Shopping baskets - Placing stacks of baskets at the front of your store makes it easier for customers to carry more items. It can also help to have stacks of baskets around the store to encourage customers to pick up more items than they originally intended. 

·     Wire stacking baskets - Using wire stacking baskets can be a great way to fill that empty space in the corner or that open floor space you have that is too small for a full bay of shelving. The versatility of these baskets make them a great addition to any store and can be moved regularly to draw customers eyes to new displays.

·     Corner shelving - The design of classic straight shelving means that often a corner is left empty or block off. The simple addition of a corner shelving unit can open up that corner and provide extra display space for products.

·     Peg board shelving and pegs - Not all products that are stocked will sit well on traditional flat shelving, pegboard shelving is an excellent alternative that can, with the simple addition of hooks, easily display hanging items.

Shop shelving lies at the core of your store fit out so make sure you choose good quality, reliable, flexible shelving - ask for help from our experienced staff at Shelving4Shops to ensure your store is arranged as effectively as possible! 

Retail tills and cash registers

What aspect of your shop equipment gets the most use each day? Certainly your shelving and your counter, but your cash register gets the most action (or at least we hope it does if you're doing regular business!) - so when did you last update your till?

Having top quality shop shelving is something that every retail store should make a priority, and keeping your store neat and tidy gives a great impression, but even more important than that is a fast-functioning, reliable, long-lasting cash register. If your till breaks down, can't cope with credit and debit cards, or takes an age to function, your staff and customers will get irritated and you may lose custom. At Shelving4Shops we offer a range of high quality electronic cash registers by Sharp to make sure your store runs smoothly at all times.

The XE-A107WH Sharp cash register is a compact machine that fits well in most retail situations. It includes hard-wearing, colour-coded soft-touch keys and a clear and bright LED display. A lockable cash drawer ensures your shop is safe if you have to step away from the counter for a moment, and VAT/TAX rate and currency exchange facilities help to make business easy. This model comes in black or white to suit the rest of your store interior.

We also stock the Sharp XE-A137WH electronic till in white or black with silent printing and a 9 digit, 7 segment LED operator display. This model is perfect for keeping your accounts in order as it offers a 3,000 line electronic journal to provide you with a full audit trail, and is compatible with SD card storage so that you can view your data on your PC.

And for growing businesses, the XE-A207 Sharp electronic cash register is a great professional machine with a multi-line operator display and full-sized lockable cash drawer. Choose from light grey or black to match your shop style and get set up easily and quickly to use your machine straight away. Make use of the PC Link software programme to keep on top of product maintenance as well as the data export function which allows you to save sales data to a spreadsheet on your computer.

For a huge range of retail store and shelving accessories along with shop shelving and refrigerated shelving units please get in touch with us at Shelving4Shops and we can help you to plan and fit out your store according to your needs.

Chillers and Freezers for Retail Stores

Shelving4Shops are excited to announce our new partnership with refrigerated shelving suppliers Fridge Freezer Direct. FFD are specialists in supplying commercial refrigeration for a range of retail stores.

We work closely with our associated suppliers to make sure that our customers are able to find exactly what they need to fit out their stores with high quality, reliable products. It's great to be able to offer refrigerated shelving units from Fridge Freezer Direct along with our comprehensive range of shop shelving, and we can incorporate FFD products into your store plan to make sure they are a perfect fit.

The refrigerated shelving products FFD offer include:

• Chest coolers and freezers
• Beverage fridges
• Counter-top coolers
• Multidecks
• Ice cream freezers
• Refrigerated wall displays
• Glass door fridges and freezers
• Under counter fridges and freezers
• Catering equipment and bar supplies

Incorporating chillers, freezers and refrigerated shelving units into your store layout means you can stock a wider range of products, including fresh, chilled and frozen goods. This is great for appealing to customers who are looking for a cooled drink or some fresh milk, an ice cream on a hot day or a chilled bottle of white wine on a Friday night. If you can fit a retail chiller into your store you can boost your sales and make your store an essential part of your customers' commute, school run or weekend. For more information on the range of products FFD offer, visit their website at www.fridgefreezerdirect.co.uk

Happy Birthday – Shelving4shops is 3 years old

Shelving4Shops is officially three years old this month and we're happy to say we are going from strength to strength! With a full warehouse and an experienced team ready to take your calls, we can offer you the best in quality, affordable shop shelving.

Store fitted with our shop shelving earlier on in the year - gondola unit and end bay

Gondola units leading a run of wall bays 

In the last six months alone we have employed a new member to the team, moved offices, built a brand new showroom, introduced new stock such as vegetable racking, shop counters and gondola ends to name but a few!

Second hand shop racking is still a large part of the business, and we are always happy to advise and quote on second hand shop shelving and accessories. Second hand shop shelving is a practical and economical way to set up a business or replace old units. Of course, if we don’t have the sizes you need in second hand shelving you can always buy new and if you need to mix and match new with second hand shelving and accessories we can do that too! Get in touch and let us help you to save you money wherever possible.

Vegetable wire racking in our new showroom

In our new shop shelving ranges we have sizes to fit every shop from large supermarkets with our 2.4m high wall shelving with a 570mm base shelf to a very small corner shop from our 1.8m high wall shelving with a 300mm base shelf. We have an excellent range of wall and gondola shelving and combined with our accessories including shopping baskets, dump bins, stacking baskets and trolleys there really is no need to visit anywhere else.

Used shop shelving and racking

Our new showroom is open to all our customers and we are also able to help with designing and planning your store, no matter how large or small. We know it’s important to get your shop shelving layout right, which is why after just three years trading we have a loyal base of customers which is growing month on month.

Shelving4Shops offer great deals to every customer and store, so why not visit our showroom? You can find us just off junction 1 of the M69 at Asfare Business Park, Hinckley Road, Wolvey, LE10 3JG. Call us on 01455 221512 or email us at sales@shelving4shops.co.uk to find out more about our range of shop shelving and wish us happy birthday!

Versatile Gondola Shelving

Gone are the days of the old Grandville sketches where the shopkeeper hands you your products over the counter. Now the buyer wants choice, they want to look around and take in the various products on offer to them. The shopkeeper has to enable this by using their retail space efficiently. Gondola shelving is just one of the ways Shelving4Shops can help with this.

Gondola shelves are shelving units which offer a double-sided storage space, with the choice of either pegboard or standard shelves. Gondola shelving units are free-standing which uses only a small amount of space considering the amount of shelving you gain, optimising the number of products you can stock per square metre. Gondola shelves are durable and are perfect for holding heavy products like tinned food and canned or bottled drinks.

One of the main benefits of gondola shelving is being able to create aisles easily and effectively, giving your store a bigger overall look. Create a logistical and attractive store while utilising all the space available is one of the main challenges facing all store owners, and the Shelving4Shops team can help with all aspects of retail shelving and shop layout to help you find a solution for your store.

You can find gondola shelving in every type of store, from large supermarkets to small toy shops. Gondola shelving is one of the most popular ways allow customers to shop at ease, offering a convenient and pleasurable shopping experience where the customer has the opportunity to see, touch and feel products on display. You are far more likely to get impulse sales when you offer an easy shopping experience.

Our gondola shelving is available in numerous heights, lengths and widths to cater to your requirements. Pegboard backing can also be used with this type of shelving to offer you a quick and easy way to change the layout of your products, or maybe make your gondola units seasonal for Christmas or summer. You can even add wire stacking baskets to the shelving to hold single packets of crisps, small toys or other items which may be awkward to stack neatly. The versatility of gondola shelving is outstanding and this cost-effective shelf unit can be an invaluable resource for any store owner.

If you are unsure of the space you need for a gondola unit, call one of our experienced Shelving4Shops team who will be happy to help you. All we need are the measurements for the floor space for you have, or a basic store plan (even a rough sketch on a piece of A4 is very useful).

Taking time to find the right gondola shelving for your store is very important - if you look after your shelving it will last for years to come. If you take a look in our showroom we can show you the durability and strength of our products and talk you through your various options.

Gondola shelving is a cost-effective shelving option, but if your budget is very tight why not try our second hand shop shelving? Being second hand they might have some minor usage marks or scratches but they will not be prominent and once filled with your stock will be barely noticeable if noticeable at all.

At Shelving4Shops we are always updating our stock ranges and have large quantities of new shop shelving and accessories, including:

·     Wall shelving - If you have a lot of wall space then wall shelving is an excellent way to maximise the floor space you have available. We have a range of heights and widths available to ensure you can find the perfect fit for your store.

·     Shopping baskets - Placing stacks of baskets at the front of your store makes it easier for customers to carry more items. It can also help to have stacks of baskets around the store to encourage customers to pick up more items than they originally intended. 

·     Wire stacking baskets - Using wire stacking baskets can be a great way to fill that empty space in the corner or that open floor space you have that is too small for a full bay of shelving. The versatility of these baskets make them a great addition to any store and can be moved regularly to draw customers eyes to new displays.

·     Corner shelving - The design of classic straight shelving means that often a corner is left empty or block off. The simple addition of a corner shelving unit can open up that corner and provide extra display space for products.

·     Peg board shelving and pegs - Not all products that are stocked will sit well on traditional flat shelving, pegboard shelving is an excellent alternative that can, with the simple addition of hooks, easily display hanging items.

Shelving4Shops helps stores of every size to find the right shelving for their needs with a design and plan service to suit individual requirements and a huge range of shelving and accessories in stock at our Leicestershire showroom. Why not give us a call on 01455 221512, email us at sales@shelving4shops.co.uk or visit our website www.shelving4shops.co.uk.

A New Showroom for Shelving4Shops!

The new Shelving4Shops showroom is now open for business and we have much more to offer you in terms of retail shelving and shop racking. It’s one thing looking on a website or out of a catalogue, but it’s another thing seeing our range of shelving first hand, enabling you to visualise your products and give you confidence in what you're buying. It's much easier to make sure you’re getting exactly what you need when shopping at our showroom, and with our large stock of new and used shop fittings available to take away on the same day, you're sure to find the right retail shelving for your requirements.

When you visit our showroom you can also get a free demonstration on how to assemble and fit your shelving correctly, so even if you don’t fancy yourself DIY guru, you should be happy to tackle your new shop shelving by the time you leave! And if not, let us know and we can deliver and assemble it for you.

We're happy to sit down with you at the showroom to discuss your shop shelving and planning needs, and with our range of peg board, gondola and wall shelving all displayed in various sizes, it's easy to see how your shelving layout can work for you.

Of course, it did take a little time for us to get up and running in our new offices and showroom as we had a lot of work to do! First, there was the office move, then we had to remove a wall…

The wall removed 

The full extent of the showroom was revealed for the first time 

With that done and the shelving from the old showroom dismantled we could really appreciate how big the new showroom would be...

Work begins to build the showroom 

Wall bays and stacking baskets are placed 

Once the dust settled and the floor was cleaned, work began on installing the new shop shelving display. While this was completed the old showroom was kept semi-functional so our customers at least had something to look at (even if it was a little dusty). A new corner display unit was installed and stacking baskets placed so that our customers could get a sense of scale and versatility of the products.

And after a lot of work and a solid effort from the team, we now have a smooth sleek U shaped showroom for all of the visitors to enjoy, demonstrating our range of quality new and used shop shelving and accessories:

Corner shelving unit

Gondola shelving unit 

Pegboard display with shelving example

Gondola bay with new end panel

Sitting area for our design and planning service 

Mobile vegetable display with matching shopping baskets 

We also have a few new lines on display, such as our mirrored vegetable shelving and wooden bay ends:

End bay with new end panels 

Mirrored vegetable shelving with vegetable trays 

Now we're up and running, we are fully equipped to help our customers choose the right shop shelving. Sometimes it can be very difficult to visualise the different sizes of shelving in your store space and we are often asked to recommend an average sized shelf. We always suggest for customers to come into the showroom to see the products for themselves, and we even provide cans and bottles to give you a real sense of scale.

Our showroom is now fully open to visitors and with a new counter installed and the cleaning complete we are happy to invite all our customers new or old to come and take a look at our new shop shelving and accessory product ranges. We're based in the Midlands between Leicester and Coventry with great motorway access from the M1, M6 and M69, so there is absolutely no excuse not to come down for a coffee!

We also have our full range of new shop shelving and accessories available online at Shelving4Shops including:

·     Gondola shelving - Many stores choose to use gondola shelving due to its versatility and the range of widths and heights that we stock mean that it is perfect for every store. This shelving can be used to create aisles throughout your store and provide ample display room.

·     Wall shelving - If you have a lot of wall space then wall shelving is an excellent way to maximise the floor space you have available. We have a range of heights and widths available to ensure you can find the perfect fit for your store.

·     Shopping baskets - Placing stacks of baskets at the front of your store makes it easier for customers to carry more items. It can also help to have stacks of baskets around the store to encourage customers to pick up more items than they originally intended. 

·     Wire stacking baskets - Using wire stacking baskets can be a great way to fill that empty space in the corner or that open floor space you have that is too small for a full bay of shelving. The versatility of these baskets make them a great addition to any store and can be moved regularly to draw customers eyes to new displays.

·     Corner shelving - The design of classic straight shelving means that often a corner is left empty or block off. The simple addition of a corner shelving unit can open up that corner and provide extra display space for products.

·     Peg board shelving and pegs - Not all products that are stocked will sit well on traditional flat shelving, pegboard shelving is an excellent alternative that can, with the simple addition of hooks, easily display hanging items.

Visit us at Shelving4Shops, Unit A1, Asfare Business Park, Hinckley Road, Wolvey, Leicestershire, LE10 3JG. Call us on 01455 221512 or visit our website www.shelving4shops.co.uk.

Shelving4Shops in Show Business

Have you ever wondered where the shop fixtures and fittings come from in some of your favorite shows….Shelving4shops of course!

From trolleys supplied to Trollied and shop shelving supplied to The Syndicate we work amongst the stars when it comes to supplying shop shelving.

Of course, that’s doesn't mean our prices are sky high - Shelving4Shops offers everyone affordable, quality shelving that is fit for any shop, even it’s on the telly in high definition!

Shelving4shops has hundreds of bays of wall shelving, gondola shelving, magazine shelving and used shop shelving as well as shopping baskets, trolleys and wire stacking baskets. So if you want shop shelving that is fit for television, look no further than Shelving4Shops.

Shelving4Shops holds large quantities of 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.

·     Peg board shelving and pegs - Not all products sit well on classic flat shelving, our range of pegboard shelving allows you to hang products to ensure they are displayed in the best way possible. All of our bays can be slotted together to ensure a seamless shelving display.


Why not come and visit our showroom or look at our website at www.shelving4shops.com?