Home Improvement

Product: Power tool accessories
P-O-P company: Sunbelt Containers, Spartanburg, S.C.
Distribution: Home centers and building supply stores
Introduction: June 1993
Duration: Temporary
Construction: Corrugated honeycomb skids; corrugated pallet boxes
Vermont American Tool is utilizing corrugated honeycomb skids stacked with corrugated pallet boxes to merchandise power-tool accessories.

Product: LTL Home Products Inc. Primo prefinished doors
Number of displays: 300
P-O-P companies: Boston Retail Products, Medford, Mass. (frame); Anderson Advertising, Reading (signage); Industrial Sign & Screenprint, Tullytown, both of Pa. (silkscreening)
Distribution: Warehouse home center stores
Introduction: April 1993
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Steel panels

Product: Royal Appliance Dirt Devil vacuum cleaners
Number of displays: 1,000
P-O-P company: AG Industries Inc., Cleveland
Distribution: Mass merchants, discount stores and hardware stores
Introduction: June 1993
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Polyethylene and metal
Royal is marketing headers and merchandisers in 4- or 8-foot lengths, depending on the space the retailer allows for Dirt Devil products.

Product: Vermont American Tool Co. Bulk screwdriver-bit cabinet
P-O-P company: In house
Distribution: Lumberyards and home centers
Introduction: March 1993
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Styrene and acrylic
Vermont American Tool's new cabinet for bulk screwdriver bits follows on the heels of last year's successful introduction of similar designs for its router bits. The cases keep bits sorted by type and prevent pilferage.

Product: Fertilizers and weed control products
Number of displays: 20,000
P-O-P company: Brulene Associates, West New York, N.J.
Distribution: Home centers, lawn & garden and hardware stores
Introduction: March 1993
Duration: Semi-permanent
Construction: PVC
Looming overhead like miniature blimps, the bright green and yellow inflatables provide "instant recognition at the point-of-sale," says a company spokesman.

Client: Acco Chain & Lifting Products
Producer: The W/M Display Group
Category: Metal/Wire: Fixture
Comments: A unique system allows retailers to restock product on the display without dismantling an entire row of product. Display costs were significantly reduced.