Consumer Electronics

Client: Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark.
Producer: Creations at Dallas, Dallas
Comments: A sturdy MDF substructure is dressed up with brightly colored PVC extruded corners, vacuum-formed top and injection-molded shelves. The unit merchandises a variety of prepaid wireless time cards and phones in Wal-Mart stores.

Client: Bose Corp., Framingham, Mass.
Producer: Harbor Industries Inc., Grand Haven, Mich.
Comments: This endcap for the Bose home theater and surround sound system positions the rear speakers behind the listener's head to ensure a consistent, repeatable demonstration of the unit in a store environment.

Product: Pentium 4 processor
Number of displays: 3,000
P-O-P company: Rapid Displays, Chicago and Union City, Calif.
Distribution: Electronics and computer stores
Introduction: June 2001
Duration: Semipermanent
Construction: Sintra board, PETG plastic, vinyl, aluminum
Display set-up: Company merchandisers

Products: Computer software
P-O-P companies: Professional Container Corp. (temporary), City of Industry, Calif.; J.D. Equipment Inc. (wire and plastic), Los Angeles
Distribution: Mass merchants, office supply stores, computer stores, drugstores, supermarkets
Introduction: Fall 2001
Duration: Semipermanent and temporary
Construction: Corrugated, wire, plastic
Display set-up: Retail staff

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Products: Computer input devices
P-O-P company: Imageworks Display & Marketing Group, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Distribution: Office Depot stores nationwide
Introduction: November 2001
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Coated tagstock, removable adhesive, plastic
Display set-up: Store managers
Standardized mats with product details and manufacturer logos make it easy to compare similar products. Color coding is used to group products into specific categories. Mats for all optical mice, for example, feature yellow highlight colors.

Products: Computer software
P-O-P companies: Professional Container Corp. (temporary), City of Industry, Calif.; J.D. Equipment Inc. (wire and plastic), Los Angeles
Distribution: Mass merchants, office supply stores, computer stores, drugstores, supermarkets
Introduction: Fall 2001
Duration: Semipermanent and temporary
Construction: Corrugated, wire, plastic
Display set-up: Retail staff
This corrugated floorstand helped Cosmi roll out its new impulse-oriented software for palm-size computers last fall in Staples stores.