Many people take humble shop shelving for granted, forgetting to take into account the large amounts of weight that many shop shelving solutions hold. This video highlights the importance of buying the right shop shelving to meet your needs.
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Monday, 31 October 2011
Monday, 24 October 2011
How Shop Shelving Has Helped Shape Modern Retail

Making The Most Of Available Space
Space has often been the biggest obstacle for shop owners when looking to allocate stock. In times past shops where often very small and the floor space restricted mainly due to fixed shop shelving and large counter areas. As shops became larger fixed shop shelving started to become impractical as it meant shop keepers or business owners were unable to change the floor plans layouts. The solution came in the form of moveable shop shelving, shelving that was mounted to wheels, with a simple brake attached meaning they could be fixed into place.
Speeding up stock placement
Another disadvantage of a small shop is the limited aisle widths, meaning that traditionally you would have to carry stock by hand, which could be very difficult and time consuming. Now large supermarkets and larger shops can move the wheel mounted shop shelving around in order to create spaces large enough to accommodate trolleys and pallets full of stock. This means that a much larger amount of stock can be brought onto the shop floor and saves both time and physical effort.
Offering stock flexibility
Older style shops have to think carefully about the stock they order, as some larger items might not fit onto the shelves. This is due to old fashioned fixed shop shelving. Modern retail businesses have learnt from this restrictive shelving conundrum and embraced height adjustable shelving, which allows the shelf height to be set at different levels, depending on the item/s being displayed.
It’s interesting to learn how shop shelving has changed to accommodate new retail trends and needs. It will also be interesting to see how it continues to evolve.
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