Home Improvement

Product: Leviton Manufacturing Co. wiring devices
P-O-P company: Thomson-Leeds Co., New York
Distribution: Mass merchants, home centers and hardware stores
Introduction: November 1992
Duration: Permanent
Construction: PVC
The BulkStar merchandiser works with existing fixtures and provides consumers with quick product identification and descriptions.

Product: Skil Flexi-Charge Interchangeable Power System
Number of displays: 2,500
P-O-P company: Visual Marketing Inc., Chicago
Distribution: Home centers and hardware stores
Introduction: August 1992
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Vacuum-formed plastic
Skil's Flexi-Charge system display is designed to let consumers test how batteries are charged and changed in the line of power tools.

Product: Plasti-Kote Color Wash stains
Number of displays: 250
P-O-P company: Visual Marketing, Chicago
Distribution: Hardware and home center stores, craft shops
Introduction: February 1992
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Wood, wire (brochure pocket)
The display for the Color Wash stains was designed to show how the product really looks on wood.

Products: ProLine, Designer Series and Architect Series of windows and doors
P-O-P companies: Spectrum Consulting, Boston (design); Stuart Cohen & Julie Hacker Architects, Chicago (design); Displaymasters, Minneapolis (design and manufacture)
Number of displays: 250
Distribution: Pella Window Stores, lumber yards and home centers
Introduction: October 1992
Duration: Permanent
These displays aren't just pretty. They differentiate Pella's three new product lines and explain the features and benefits of each.

Product: Cabinet hardware
P-O-P company: Hazen Displays, Rockford, Ill.
Distribution: Hardware and home center stores
Introduction: August 1992
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Fiberboard, extruded-vinyl sample channels
The spinner header has stops built in so one line of samples is always facing the customer.

Product: Nifty Packaging Products Flat Twine wrapping film
Distribution: Hardware and home center stores
Introduction: May 1992
Duration: Temporary
Construction: Corrugated
A display from Nifty Packaging Products presents a nifty product to beat tangled twine-tying attempts.