How to Display Merchandise with Pegboard Displays

Pegboard display racks are versatile display fixtures that can help you make the most of your store’s display space as well as attractively and conveniently display your store’s merchandise.

However, unlike some other kinds of merchandise display fixtures, pegboards require a bit more planning than simply choosing a style of container and where to place it. There are a variety of different kinds of pegboards to choose from, and each one works best in certain areas of your store as well as with certain kinds of merchandise and certain kinds of display accessories.

Before you start looking for pegboards for your store’s displays, take a look at the three steps below. They’ll help you better understand your options and choose the perfect pegboard for your needs!

Step One: Learn the Types of Pegboard Displays

Like so many other kinds of merchandise display fixtures, pegboard display tools are available in a number of different sizes, styles, and even colors. Because of this variety, it’s easy to find pegboard racks to fit every store’s display space, décor, and merchandise.

You can find both fixed-position pegboard racks and spinning pegboard racks, and you can find pegboard displays designed for countertop displays and floor displays. Some pegboard racks are designed with flat panels, giving you two panels on which you can situate your merchandise, and some pegboard display racks are designed with four panels, offering a “cube” shaped rack with four sides for you to display merchandise.

Pegboard displays are also available in traditional clear or white, or you can find them in a variety of bright colors like orange, blue, yellow, green, and purple.

Step Two: Decide Where to Situate Your Pegboard Display

Once you’re familiar with the types of pegboard displays available, it’s time to decide where in your store you want to situate the fixture.

Be sure to consider:

• Your countertop space. Pegboard racks are great for nearly every countertop, because they make the most of the display space on small countertops and expand the display space on large countertops.
• Your floor space. If you have a lot of floor space to work with, you might want to choose the four-paneled pegboards; if you have little floor space to work with, you might want to choose the flat two-panel displays.
• Your merchandise. The amount of merchandise you want to display on your pegboard will help you determine the size of the fixtures to use, the number of fixtures to use, and even the style (countertop or floor) fixtures to use.

Step Three: Consider Pegboard Display Accessories

Pegboard racks are designed to be used with certain other kinds of display accessories, such as pegs or hooks, hanging buckets or cubes, trays, and even tower extensions.

You’ll know which accessories you’ll need once you know which pegboard racks are right for your display space and the kinds merchandise you want to display, but keep in mind that accessories like pegs and hooks work best with merchandise that you can hand (such as small bags of items or jewelry or hair accessories on cards) while hanging cubes, buckets, and trays work best with merchandise you can’t hang.

How Can Your Store Use Plastic Containers?

Plastic containers are ideal for organizing, storing, and displaying an assortment of merchandise types and nearly every kind of store – from convenience stores and grocery stores to bookstores and gift shops – can use these containers.

Answering the following questions will help you determine how your store can best use plastic containers for storage and display purposes.

Does Your Store Have Ample Countertop Space?

If your store has a countertop, take a look at the amount of space you have to work with on top.

Storeowners with large countertops to work with generally use this space to create convenient and visually appealing countertop displays with plastic containers. With plenty of countertop space to work with, the list of display types you can create is nearly endless. You can create fun displays of colored acrylic containers filled with food-related items like candy, breath mints, and bubblegum, or you can arrange a number of containers on your countertop to display nonfood items like small children’s toys, souvenir items like key chains, and convenience items like lighters.

However, if you don’t have much available countertop space to work with, you might still have enough room for one or two small plastic containers filled with add-on items. Depending on the kind of store you run, these add-on items might include small kinds of merchandise such as candy, key chains, or bookmarks.

Does Your Store Use Display Racks?

If you use display racks anywhere in your store – such as near the countertop and register, throughout the aisles, or close to the entryway – chances are you can increase the number of items you display on these racks by placing them in plastic containers.

Obviously, you can situate stand-alone plastic containers on racks with built-in shelves; however, you also have options if you use pegboard racks. Pegboard displays are designed to accommodate acrylic buckets and bins with pegs that fasten them in place. These kinds of displays are great for organizing and displaying a specialty shop’s hobby and craft items like beads and buttons, as well as an accessory boutique’s costume jewelry pieces like rings and hair accessories.

Keep in mind that small display racks are ideal for countertop displays, too. Regardless of your countertop’s size, these racks can help you make the most of the space you have.

Does Your Store Sell Any Kind of Food Items?

The phrase “food items” includes many different kinds of merchandise.

For example, your store might not sell meal items, but it might sell candy, in which case you need plastic containers of various sizes to organize and display the different kinds of candy. Your store might be a deli or bakery, and you need food grade acrylic containers with lids to store and display sandwich toppings or bagels, donuts, brownies, or cupcakes. You might manage an ice cream parlor or yogurt shop and need acrylic bins with handles or scoops for your toppings.

Simply consider the kinds of food items your store sells to determine the kind of plastic containers that will best do the job.

Display Racks: Convenience Is Key

Display racks are convenient tools for a variety of businesses, including:

• Gas stations and other kinds of convenience stores.
• Restaurants, cafeterias, and specialty food shops.
• Bookstores, movie theaters, and movie rentals.
• Hotels, motels, and other travel industry businesses.
  

Every business needs to display its merchandise is organized, attractive, and convenient ways. One of the best ways to do this is to use racks designed to display merchandise on the floor or countertops. So, it only makes sense that the key to choosing the best display racks for your business is to choose what will offer the most organization, visual appeal, and convenience to your customers.

Choose the Best Display Rack

There are various kinds of display racks – from pegboard racks to common convenience store racks – and while each one works to display merchandise, each one also works a bit differently from the next. Keep in mind you can also find racks designed specifically for countertop display (which work great for small stores that need to make the most of the space they have!) as well as floor racks of various heights and widths.

Be sure to take your time considering the kind of merchandise you want to showcase and browsing each kind of display rack to determine which one will work best for you.

Choose the Best Accessories

Once you know what kind of display racks you want to use, it’s time to think about the accessories you’ll need.

Unless you plan to use a more traditional convenience store rack (also known as a c-store) rack, which generally has a number of built-in shelves for you to work with, chances are you’re going to need accessories like pegs, trays, and small plastic containers and bins to hold your merchandise. If you’re using pegboard displays, also be aware of the extensions you can add to make these displays taller and create more room for more merchandise.

While they’re not necessary tools for actually showcasing your merchandise, header sign holders are excellent ways to clearly label the merchandise on a certain rack, note the price, or announce a particular promotion. These header sign holders are generally available in clear and a number of sizes and shapes, like half-circles and rectangles, so choose the holders that will best fit your display rack.

Choose the Best Location

Naturally, you need to place your racks in convenient locations throughout your store. This might mean organizing the racks close to other displays of similar items or rearranging displays that hold merchandise for sale so they’re near high-traffic areas in your store. However, this always means making sure your racks are positioned in ways so that your customers can conveniently access the merchandise.

Note that in addition to stationary display racks, you can also choose racks that revolve so your customers can spin them around to see the merchandise on each side. These revolving racks are ideal for displaying merchandise in stores with limited space where the racks need to stand close to a wall or on top of countertops.