Displays & Signs

Client: 3Com Corp., Rolling Meadows, Ill.
Products Promoted: Computer modems
Objective: To gain a top-shelf position in OfficeMax stores with a high-tech, consumer-friendly look. This system was also designed to allow modems to be changed out as new models become available.
Number of Display: 250
Construction/Materials: Powder-coated metal, bright silver steel, chrome hex nuts, four-color process graphics, screenprinting, plastic
P-O-P Company: Visual Marketing Inc., Chicago

Client: Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash.
Product Promoted: IntelliMouse Explorer
Objective: To introduce a new technology to shoppers as they enter the store and drive them to the product display area.
Introduction: October 1999
Number of Displays: 250
Construction/Materials: Plexiglass stand, vacuum-formed mouse, screenprinted graphics
P-O-P Company: Promo Edge, Neenah, Wis.

Client: Logo of Americas/OshKosh Eyewear, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Products Promoted: OshKosh children's eyewear
Marketing Strategy: These units were intended to be "child-friendly P-O-P." The bright colors and designs of these inflatables encourage children to touch them.
Introduction: May 2000
Number of Displays: 2,000 of each
Distribution: Optical stores
Construction/Materials: 0.2mm PVC, one-color imprint, water or sand base
P-O-P Company: Small Wonder Inflatables Inc., El Cajon, Calif.

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Client: Pizza Hut, Dallas, and Sony Computer Entertainment America, Foster City, Calif.
Products Promoted: Pizza Hut pizza and Sony PlayStation videogames
Objective: To promote the product association of Pizza Hut and PlayStation and the free demo disc giveaway.
Number of Displays: 23,000
P-O-P Companies: TLP Inc. (design), Dallas; Rand Graphics Inc. (manufacture), Wichita, Kan.