Displays & Signs

Product: Photo film
Number of displays: Thousands
Distribution: Camera shops, discount stores, drug stores, groceries
Introduction: August 1991
Duration: Semi-permanent
Construction: Recycled and recyclable corrugate
Fuji Photo Film's display-based promotion features brightly colored umbrellas.

Advertiser: Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, Mo.
Producer: DCI Marketing, Milwaukee, Wis.
Objective: To create awareness of a new product category -- computer-generated greeting cards -- and communicate that concept at retail. Also, to ensure that the purchasing process is fun, fast and easy.

Advertiser: Stride Rite Children's Group Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
Producer: New Dimensions Research Corp., Melville, N.Y.
Objective: Stride Rite has made a strong commitment to children's programs for public television. The goal of this display was to inform parents about those programs and let them know when they could be seen. The display hung on slotwall in children's shoe stores.

Advertiser: Pepperidge Farm Inc., Norwalk, Conn.
Producer: Stone Container, Richmond, Va.
Objective: To pre-empt competition and gain increases in both sales volume and market share. The commanding size, unique design and placement in high-traffic areas of supermarkets provided retailers with a themed display.

Advertiser: Sears, Chicago
Producer: MCA, Massillon, Ohio
Objective: To provide cross-merchandising opportunities for retailers to promote car batteries in a different department than automotive. This was accomplished by putting display in an actual freezer in appliance department, pointing out batteries' ability to start cars in cold weather and reminding consumers about promotion.

Product: Bordon Inc. Elmer's GluColors
Distribution: Home centers, mass merchandisers, drugstores, supermarkets, craft and hobby stores
Introduction: April 1991
Duration: Semi-permanent
Construction: Corrugate
Elmer's GluColors display is designed to spur impulse purchases.

Advertiser: Takara, New York
Producer: Concept Fixtures, New York
Objective: The display, because of the brightness and movement, causes people to stop and look at the product. The Coke name and girl character are a big draw.

Advertiser: Frito-Lay, Plano, Texas
Producer: The Niven Marketing Group, Elk Grove Village, Ill.
Objective: To create a nacho center for Frito-Lay's Tortilla Chipsand Mexican Salsa. The design was intended to create a "southwest image" in a permanent unit that captured and maintained end-aisle placement. It had to be easy to install and accommodate racks and fixtures already in place.