Finance Options for Display Cabinets from Shelving Megastore

Finance options for display cabinets from Shelving Megastore.  Buying new shop equipment has never been easier with great finance options from Shelving Megastore.

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Shop Shelving in Holland

Shelving Megastore have been supplying shop shelving throughout Europe for many years.  One of our largest customers is RCS Winkelinrichtingen who supply retail equipment in Holland and Belgium. RCS Winkelinrichtingen have just moved to a much larger premises and now hold an even larger stock of shop shelving available for immediate delivery.  Owner Richard Chadwick says "we have bought shop shelving from SWSF for many years and we are very excited about the opportunities our new warehouse will bring in terms of stock levels and the range of shop shelving available".

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Summer Lovin’ – Get your shop ready for summer

Oh those lazy days of summer – they are anything but lazy for the average retailer but in the retail industry it is vital to make hay (and sales!) whilst the sun shines.
Based in the idyllic county of Cornwall, The Shelving Megastore is particularly aware of the importance of the tourist industry and the demands of the summertime shopper. A savvy shopkeeper can stay one step ahead of the competition by getting his shop “summer ready”. Chill out with our great range of refrigeration products.....

Glass Display Drinks Chiller

Clearly, hot shoppers swell the demand for cold drinks, beer and wine which sell even better when attractively displayed. Thirsty customers will struggle to resist!  Barbecue and picnic foods will also be at the top of shopping lists as will ice cream and frozen foods. All of our chillers and freezers have a clean, sleek look, are sturdy and reliable and are integral refrigeration units which simply plug into to a 13A supply. 
Think carefully about how you will display your chilled and frozen products - keep your displays clean, neat and organised. Be aware that brands rapidly go in and out of fashion so be prepared to be ruthless if a product is not paying its way. Review sales constantly and be quick to re-stock supplies of the best sellers.

Stainless Steel multideck chiller

If space and staffing allows, why not try to organise taster sessions? Customers will enjoy the interaction and this will create a buzz around the high ticket products that you are most keen to sell. Use props such as bottles of wine or fresh flowers to create the right mood for the season.

Ice cream display freezer

If you take a little time to give your summertime shopper the best choice and shopping experience you will inevitably increase those takings, making sure that you don’t have the summertime blues…….

5 Things you can do today to increase your shop turnover

At Shelving Megastore we know that ultimately the more successful our customers' businesses are the more successful we will be.  Shelving Megastore try and save you money on the products you buy from us and we will offer free advice which we hope you will find useful.  So what can I do right now to start increasing sales and profits?

Lets start with the things you can do for free!

1. Re-Arrange your product layout:
• Place the higher priced and higher margin products at eye level.
• Put low margin commodity items at the back of the shop, such as bread or newspapers.
• Place the higher margin but also likely impulse buys where customers will see them while waiting to pay.
2. Get Involved in the local community to get customers visiting the shop regularly:
• Maybe a small board for local events to be posted or classified adverts.
• Stock the free local newspaper
• Offer some local produce if possible, for example there's nothing like fresh local strawberries in summer.
• Offer cashback if possible
3. Try and increase the average customer spend:
• When customers fill their shopping basket they will stop buying so invest in some trolley baskets of large shopping baskets.  They will pay for themselves in no time.
• Often in local convenience stores carrying the shopping home is difficult, if possible offer a carry to car service.
• Consider offering customers personal shopping trolleys for sale or even to borrow, the more of your customers with these trolleys the better.
  
4. Give your shop a makeover, this doesn't have to cost a fortune:
• If the shelving epos strips are looking a bit tired, why not replace them? Consider changing the colour of the pricing strips for a bright new look, you will be amazed how effective that can be.
• If you have products in the aisles, consider investing in some dump bins for displaying products neatly and lose the cluttered feeling.
5. Increase the range of products on display:
• Are you using the corners of the shop effectively?  If not corner shelving units may offer the opportunity to display more products.
• Can you make your shop shelving taller? Increasing the height of the shelving is easy with upright extensions. For example add a peg panel at the top of the sweets section and offer a large range of bagged sweets.
• Does your counter have displays on the front of it? A new shop counter can be a large investment, but it sets the tone for the rest of the shop so it is probably the most important feature. Shop counters with products displayed properly on the front will increase product sales.

We hope that you found the suggestions above useful, let us know how you got on or any stories on things you tried and the results you got, lets share all this information and help small and medium sized shops thrive. #Shoplocal

How to Display Newspapers and Magazines

At Shelving Megastore we have been busy sourcing new products for our great new online store. One of the most requested products has been plastic magazine and newspaper shelves to fit our modular shop shelving.  We have offered magazine shelving bays for many years and these offer a fantastic looking display at a great price.

8 Tier Magazine Shelving

Silver 8 Tier Magazine Shelving Unit

PETG otherwise known as Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol,  we will stick to PETG is a clear plastic material that is excellent for making retail displays.  Shelving Megastore now offers magazine shelves and vertical newspaper shelves made from PETG.  The brackets are still made from steel but can be supplied in standard RAL9001 or RAL9006 colours and custom colours on request.  The magazine shelves are available in kits of between 7 and 10 tiers, these kits will fit any 50 pitch shop shelving system.  The vertical newspaper shelves are absolutely great, as the name suggests making it possible to display newspapers vertically with the front pages on clear display.  The newspaper shelves are sold individually and again will fit any 50 pitch shop shelving system.  All our PETG shelves are manufactured in the UK to a very high quality.

At Shelving Megastore we are constantly adding new products so if there is something you cant find or would like us to source or manufacture it for you we can help, just call us on 01752 829467 for friendly advice.

Storage Racking Catalogue

At Shelving Megastore we are pleased to offer a wide range of shelving products, as well as our shop shelving we now offer a full range of storage solutions including rivet racking, pallet racking and plastic storage bins.  We have a flip version of our catalogue below which can also be downloaded, if you want a hard copy posted to you please contact us.  To flip through the catalogue, just click the page in the bottom right corner. The prices on our website for the storage products are lower than those in the catalogue, so buy on line for the best prices available.

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Aladdin's Cave? - Maximise your Retail Space

Do you remember as a child that some shops your parents might have taken you too were like the proverbial Aladdin's cave? every corner and every space seemed to have some wonderful item or another on display or even better hidden treasure?  I remember our local hardware shop in the village was like this, they sold everything you could imagine from seeds to fishing tackle or from nails to "have you got something like whatever this is?". Now unfortunately these Aladdin's caves have mainly disappeared except as a curiosity in some rural areas, a victim of the internet age where everything is easy to find and delivered to the door.

Modern stores seem to be a world apart slick displays, neat lines, themed brands and colours. There is however some subconscious desire in many of us for the fun of searching through a shop for a bargain even if not for hidden treasure!  The proliferation of pound shops, charity shops and clearance fashion stores seem to bare this out.

At Shelving Megastore we embrace the latest technology and fashions for retail equipment, one thing we do know from Aladdin's cave shops is that retail space is a precious commodity that should be used to the maximum effect, this means displaying as many products as possible, but keeping displays neat and tidy and products easy to find.  This is particularly important in small convenience stores and corner shops where using every inch of space is vital.  The use of our maximum display shop shelving bays is one way of increasing product display.  These shop shelving units have all the shelves the same size, a layout that is often used by shop fitters to achieve maximum display space.

Maximum Display Shop Shelving

Whether you want to open a large supermarket a chic fashion boutique or an Aladdin's cave we can help you at the Shelving Megastore.

Shop Shelving Guide - Shelving Components Part 2

So now you are an expert on base legs, uprights, back panels and plinths?  In this part we will discuss the remaining common shop shelving components.

Shop Shelves

The shop shelves are obviously the whole point of the shop shelving unit. The base shelves and the upper shelves on the unit are the same, except for the size.  What I mean by this is that the base shelf is only called this because it is sitting on the base legs, there is no difference in the design of the shelf whatsoever from that of the upper shelves.  Normally the base shelf is a size larger than the upper shelves, it can be the same size but never smaller than the upper shelves.  The shop shelves are not just flat pieces of steel they have quite a few design features that are important.

Starting underneath the shelf you will notice the strengthening bars, these provide the strength to the shelf, the number of strengthening bars normally increases with larger shelves. On the picture below of a 370mm shelf you can make out the 2 strengthening bars underneath.  Cheap shelving or light duty shelving usually has a lower number of strengthening bars to cut costs, so it is worth being aware of this when choosing quality shop shelving.  At Shelving Megastore we do not "cheapen" our shop shelves by making the metal thinner, reducing the number of strengthening bars or not properly powder coating the underneath.

On the top of the shelves you can see there are two gulleys running the full length of the shelf, one at the back and one of the front.  These gulleys are for shelving accessories in particular shelf risers and shelf dividers, these will be covered in detail in the next part of this guide.

At the front of the shelf there is a sloping lip, this is to hold the plastic Epos strip, sometimes called a ticket strip or ticket edging.  The Epos strip is used for price labels of the products on the shelf.  Epos strips are available in a wide range of colours to suit the store colour theme and branding.

Shop Shelf

The base shelf sits on the base legs, the upper shelves use a pair of brackets, sometimes called arms. For small shelf sizes (depth) the brackets are 2 hook type, for 470mm shelves there is a choice of 2 hook brackets or 3 hook brackets which have a higher load capacity.  For 570mm shelves the shelf brackets are 3 hook.  All the brackets can be placed into the shelving uprights in either a horizontal position or a tilted position so that the shelves can be tilted forward to display the products best.

2 hook shop shelving brackets

3 hook shop shelf brackets

The last component shown on our diagram is the gondola top cover. The gondola top cover is a U shaped component that clips over the top of the back panels and provides a tidy finish.  Gondola top covers are used on most double sided bays including end bays.  The picture below shows gondola top covers, the larger one is for 80mm deep uprights and the smaller one for standard 60mm uprights.

Gondola Top Covers

Shop shelving from Shelving Megastore is available from a massive stock for immediate dispatch to your door.  Contact us on 01752 829467 or visit our website to place an order or for help and advice.

Shop Shelving Guide - Shelving Components Part 1

Pegboard Displays

Pegboard Displays

Some products particularly suit being displayed on Pegboard stands.  At Shelving Megastore we have a wide range of pegboard displays and pegboard hooks available.  Pegboard stands utilising our metal perforated back panels are available as:

• Wall Pegboard
• Gondola Pegboard
• Pegboard End Bays
• Corner Pegboard

The pattern of hole spacing on our perforated back panels means that a wide range of peg hooks will fit our system.  There are alternating rows of peg holes that are spaced 15mm apart and 25mm apart, this means that hooks with a centre to centre spacing of 15mm, 25mm, 30mm, 45mm and 50mm can all be used on our Pegboard units.

Perforated Pegboard Panel

Pegboard shelving is suited to products such as bagged sweets, packets of fittings, pet toys, beauty products and tools, which is why Pegboard displays are particularly popular in:

• Pound Shops
• Hardware Shops
• Builders Merchants
• Petrol Stations
• Pet Shops
• Pharmacies

Sometimes perforated back panels are combined with normal shop shelving bays to create a versatile retail shelving unit with shelves below and pegboard display at eye level.  Recently we extended a customers gondola upwards using upright extensions by 400mm and added an extra pegboard panel at the top of the gondola shelving.  Sales of bagged sweets at this Premier store increased 30% overnight.

Whether you need a standard peg board shelving unit or a custom design, contact the Shelving Megastore on 01752 829467 for helpful and friendly advice.  We stock vast quantities of shop shelving in RAL9001 and RAL9006 colours for immediate despatch nationwide.  Additionally we have a large range of single and looped pegboard hooks at fantastic low prices.

Shop Shelving on the TV - Capital

Shop Shelving from Shelving Megastore is becoming more famous than Britain's got talent!  Having already appeared Morrisons adverts, Cuscumber and Last Tango in Halifax, our shop shelving will shortly be featured in a new BBC series called Capital.

Adapted by award-winning screenwriter Peter Bowker from the critically acclaimed bestselling novel by John Lanchester, Capital is a witty and observant look at modern Britain, told over three hour-long episodes. Starring roles go to wall shelving, corner shelving and gondola shelving from shelving megastore as well as a small part played by a bakery display unit.  

Shop Shelving

Gondola Shelving

You dont have to be TV star to get a great deal on your shop equipment and shop shelving at Shelving Megastore, in fact we sell our shop shelving at lowest prices possible.  Why not give us a call on 01752 829467 or visit our website to give your shop a makeover fit for TV?

Shop Shelving Guide - Shelving Components Part 1

At Shelving Megastore we pride ourselves on helpful and knowledgeable advice.  When dealing with shelving components on a daily basis it easy to assume that everyone knows the name and function of each part, many do, but many people don't, so if you are new to the world of shop shelving this guide is for you. At the end of the series you should be an expert, by the end of this part 1 you should know your base feet from your uprights or your back panels from your plinths!

Lets start with a diagram of a standard Gondola shelving bay.

Shop Shelving Components Diagram

The components used to make a single sided wall shelving unit and a double sided gondola shelving unit are same.

Starting at the bottom we have the base legs, these are sometimes also called base feet and the terms mean the same thing.  The base legs slot into the upright, they have adjustable feet on the bottom for levelling the shelving unit and they also function as the brackets for the bottom shelf.  A gondola shelving unit has 2 base legs on each upright and a wall shelving unit has one base leg per upright.

Shelving Base Leg

We just mentioned the shelving uprights, so we will move onto these as the base legs join onto the Uprights, sometimes called posts.  The uprights are simply a rectangular steel tube, with slots in the short edge on both sides.  The slots vary in shape and spacing depending on the make, and the spacing between the top of one slot and the top of the next is the shelving pitch, this is the distance that the height of shelves can be varied, so as Shelving Megastore's shop shelving is a 50 pitch system this spacing is 50mm, which means in effect that the shelves can each be moved up or down in increments of 50mm.  50mm pitch shelving systems are very common and most are compatible with each other.  The picture below shows shelving uprights, you might notice they are different sizes, the top one is simply a thicker and heavier duty version of the bottom one (more on that later).

Shop Shelving Uprights

So now we know the components that make the whole shelving bay stand up, the base legs and the uprights, when they are joined together the complete item is often called an end of run leg which was covered in an earlier post.

Now to make a shelving unit we need to join the uprights together to make a frame, to do this we use back panels.  The back panels are not indicated on the diagram, but they are the panels behind the shelves joining the 2 uprights together.  Back panels have what can best described as "lugs" on each end that locate into the upright's slots and are then pushed downwards to secure them into the upright slots.  The back panels come in different lengths and heights, the lengths correspond to the shelving bay length (the distance between the uprights) and the height is in sizes from 100mm, 300mm and 400mm.  The number and size of back panels used depends on the height of the shelving unit, with our SWSF shop shelving system the total height of back panels is 110mm less than the upright height.  Therefore for a 2110mm long upright, 2000mm of back panels is required which is simply 5 of the 400mm high panels.  Always choose as many 400mm and 300mm height back panels to get the most cost effective solution.  For an 1810mm high upright, 1700mm must be covered which is best achieved with 4 x 400mm and 1 x 100mm back panels.

On gondola shelving there are back panels on both sides of the shelving bay, this is also the case with end bays (more on end bays in a later post).  To further complicate matters there are different types of back panels, plain panels are the lowest cost and most commonly used, perforated backpanels have holes in them for pegboard hooks and are around twice the thickness of steel, finally there are slatted back panels for slatwall fittings, these are 100mm high panels and look like slatwall when the shelving unit is assembled.

Shelving Plain Back Panel

Perforated Back Panel

Slatted Back Panel

Finally for this part we have plinths, sometimes called kickers or kick plates. The plinth is a component that is used mainly for cosmetic reasons, it slots into the base feet and runs under the base shelf to give a neat finish and prevent dirt or more likely anything that is dropped on the floor from rolling under the shelving.  There are 2 types of plinth, the standard plinths just hooks in to the base legs in a similar way to the back panels, these have the advantage that they can be removed without having to move the base shelf or it's contents.  The other type of plinth slides into the base leg from above and has a rubber strip on the bottom that helps prevent dirt getting under the shelving unit. These type of plinths need the base shelf to be removed before they can be removed for cleaning behind. At Shelving Megastore we stock both types of plinth but recommend the easy to remove type, which is our standard shelving plinth.

Standard Plinth - Easy to remove

In the next post we will go through more shelving components, I hope this has been a helpful post.  If you want to view our great range of quality shop shelving please visit the Shelving Megastore or call us on 01752 829467.

Shop Shelving Guide - Shelving Components Part 2

What are shop shelving finishers?

Wall shelving and gondola shelving bays are designed to join together to make a continuous run of shop shelving. To achieve this each shop shelving bay shares an upright with the neighbouring shelving bay.  On wall shelving each upright has one base leg and on gondola shelving each upright has two base feet.  At the end of each shelving run a final upright with either one or two base feet is required and this is often called a finisher, an end of run leg or run end.  In each case it is referring to the same thing.  The pictures below show the wall and gondola end of run legs.

Wall End of Run Leg

Gondola Shelving End of Run Leg

At Shelving Megastore as with most shop shelving suppliers, all the shelving bays are supplied as standard with one upright with base feet per shelving bay. You then need to workout the correct number of end of run legs to be ordered to finish off all the shelving runs, if each shelving bay came with both uprights there would be end of run legs left over if any of the shelving bays are joined together, increasing the cost of the shelving.

How do I know how many finishers I need?

If you have a single standalone wall or gondola bay then you will require 1 finisher to put on the end.

If on the other hand you have a run of 2, 3 or more bays all joined together then you will still only require one finisher to finish or end the run. Sometimes you might have 3 bays on one wall, 4 bays on another wall and 5 bays on yet another wall then you will require 3 finishers or end of run legs to finish all three runs of shelving, the same thing applies to the gondola double sided shelving runs.

So the general rule of thumb is that for each standalone bay or run of shelving you will require one finisher.

Assuming all the heights and depths of the bases are the same, just add up the separate runs of wall shelving you plan to have and that is the amount of wall finishers required, do the same for the gondola and that is the number of gondola finishers required.