Displays & Signs

Product: Electronic Check Printing Accountant
Number of displays: 1,000
P-O-P company: Trans World Marketing, East Rutherford, N.J.
Distribution: Department stores
Introduction: March 1993
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Vacuum-formed, co-extruded styrene; hot-stamped logo, trimand copy.
Approximately 1,000 displays were shipped to a variety of small accounts -- department stores and some small chains -- for a campaign, which began in late March.

Product: Great American tube nuts & candies
Number of displays: 12,000
P-O-P company: Nashville Display, Nashville, Tenn.
Distribution: Supermarkets, mass merchants and convenience stores
Introduction: January 1993
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Vacuum-formed plastic (header), steel tubing and wire (shelves and stand)
A spinner rack for Tom's Foods' Great American nuts and candies holds a lot of product in a compact space and provides the option of using three or four shelves.

Product: Everyday Facial Moisturizer and Protector
Number of displays: 1,500
P-O-P company: Trans World Marketing, East Rutherford, N.J.
Distribution: Department stores
Introduction: March 1993
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Compression-molded, sand-blasted polyester
The polyester material in the tester display base is described as "a very good alternative" to more expensive injection-molded plastic products.

Product: Wine
Number of displays: 350
P-O-P company: AM&D Co., Willits, Calif.
Distribution: Fine wine and grocery stores
Introduction: July 1993
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Hand-painted pine
Retailers may be inclined to keep the display for The Hess Collection wines in place for more than a year, says a company official.

Product: Chocolate Chip Cookie Cones
Number of displays: 2,000 posters; 5,000 cookie jars
P-O-P companies: Robert Peters (design), Plymouth, Minn.; Concepts Plus (cookie jars); Nordic Press (mobiles); and Color Express (posters, static clings, table tents), all of Minneapolis
Distribution: Ice cream shops, restaurants and theme parks
Introduction: March 1993
Duration: Temporary
Selbak's is using a variety of P-O-P to convert consumers of ice cream cones to its Chocolate Chip Cookie Cones, including a static cling history of the cone.