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Mannequins are a great selling tool!

Posted on 12th March 2013 by Crown DIsplay
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Mannequins come in all shapes and sizes.  You can buy white ones, flesh coloured ones, and even chrome ones.  With or without make-up or hair, adult or child plus there are even specialist mannequins available (sports).  You can have movable

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Retail Shelving – A new era

Posted on 26th February 2013 by claire
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A new era in retail shelving is upon us. Gone are the days of clunking old clinical looking heavy shelving systems that required fixing to floor & wall largely to ensure it does not fall down. Also gone are the

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Location, location, location

Posted on 19th February 2013 by Crown DIsplay
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Whatever industry or sector your business covers, location is usually fundamental to the success (or failure) of most businesses.   Sometimes the choice of location is fairly obvious, i.e. shops need to be close to other shops, large supermarkets/diy stores can

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Creating a good first impression

Posted on 29th January 2013 by Crown DIsplay
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Following on from our Good Customer Service blog, I thought it prudent to delve a bit deeper into the consumer’s retail experience and what makes it good or bad…

New joinery site

Posted on 3rd December 2012 by claire
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We have been surprised how much our bespoke joinery shopfitting work has increased in 2012. We are now manufacturing 40% more bespoke shop counters than we were 5 years ago. To continue to manage this increase in work we are proposing

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New Premises, New Showroom

Posted on 27th November 2012 by claire
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Great news –  from the 1st January 2013 we will be moving to our new 3 acre site on the outskirts of Bristol. We will obviously continue to supply shopfittings nationally but for those working or passing through the South West you

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Reducing the risk of theft (part two)

Posted on 16th October 2012 by Crown DIsplay
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Last time we discussed some key point to consider during your shopfitting design to help reduce theft.  Advice included positioning your display of more valuable items further inside the store, keeping the height of gondola shelving lower for visibility and

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Slatwall – A new generation

Posted on 10th October 2012 by crowndis
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This week brough news of the new generation of Slatwall panels to be available to UK suppliers by christmas 2012. Still the same thickness at 18mm but made using swedish frost hardened high density panels the difference to customers is

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Reducing the risk of theft (Part One)

Posted on 9th October 2012 by Crown DIsplay
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A lot of time and attention to detail is spent when designing your retail space, ensuring your products can be displayed to their maximum effect, but you must not neglect to factor in key things to reduce the risk of

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A career in shopfitting

Posted on 25th September 2012 by Crown DIsplay
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As we have discussed in the past, shopfitting is the trade of fitting out retail and service stores with equipment, fixtures and fittings.  An experienced shopfitter will plan, design and install therefore, he or she will need to be creative,

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