Cross-Merchandising

Client: Unilever Bestfoods, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Size of Run: 500
Producer: Smurfit-Stone Display Group, Richmond, Va.
Division: Permanent, Grocery and General Merchandise: Processed Foods
Comments: This wood display can easily be moved at retail to take advantage of cross-promotions and gain placement in non-traditional locations. The riser and graphic panels were designed for easy updating to support various promotions.

Client: PepsiCo., Purchase, N.Y.
Size of Run: 500
Producer: New Dimensions Research Corp., Melville, N.Y.
Division: Permanent, Snack Products and Soft Drinks
Comments: This display replaces a prior configuration that could only be shopped from one side. It cross-merchandises hundreds of dollars worth of Pepsi and Frito-Lay products in a footprint of only 20 inches by 24 inches.

Retail Category: Home Centers & Hardware Stores
Display Type: Retail - Account Specific/Category Management Displays
Client: Imperial Home Decor Group
Producer: AG Industries, Cleveland
Size of Run: 640
Comments: This exclusive Laura Ashley wallpaper merchandising system for Lowe's home centers showcases all products in the line, promotes brand awareness and keeps product organized. A unique design of the sample fins enables cross-merchandising of Laura Ashley wallpaper, paint and carpet.

Retail Category: Department Stores: Cosmetics & Fragrances
Display Type: Endcaps & Power Wings
Client: Zotos International
Producer: Katherine Frank Creative Inc., Lombard, Ill.
Size of Run: 2,500
Comments: A metal logo and sign post created aisle visibility that helped launch the new product line and highlighted special promotions.

Retail Category: Liquor Stores
Display Type: Motion, Light or Sound Displays
Client: UDV North America
Producer: Design Display Group Inc., Carlstadt, N.J.
Size of Run: 600
Comments: The objective of this motion pole topper was to showcase the rum's mixability and cross-merchandise a variety of suitable mixers. The inner assembly, which includes a vacuum-formed facsimile of the Malibu rum bottle, turns via a battery-operated motor.

Competition, floor space and time are tight in the complicated but lucrative c-store arena.

Retail Category: Supermarket: Food Items
Display Type: Freestanding - Permanent
Client: Kraft Foods
Producer: Colangelo Synergy Marketing, Chicago, and Madden Communications, Wood Dale, Ill.
Size of Run: 300
Comments: This meal solutions center groups both refrigerated and shelf-stable Kraft products on one display that fits conveniently into end-aisle locations. Shoppers select a recipe card and all ingredients necessary to make an entire meal. Interchangeable kits enable easy updating of recipe cards, graphics and text.

Client: The Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta
Products Promoted: Dasani bottled water
Comments: The addition of wire baskets on the cooler allows retailers to cross-merchandise health foods such as apples and bananas. The baskets helped bottlers gain incremental placement in nontraditional channels such as the deli sections of supermarkets.
Introduction: March 2001
Size of Run: 2,000
Construction/Materials: Blow-molded, 48-quart cooler; corrugated plastic base wrap screenprinted with UV-stable inks; medium-gauge wire