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With a reorganized permanent merchandising department, Gillette is leveraging its buying power with suppliers and strengthening its market position at retail.

Client: Whitehall-Robins, Madison, N.J.
Distribution: Mass merchants
Size of Run: 6,000
Producer: Smurfit-Stone Display Group, Richmond, Va.
Division: Temporary, First Aid and Pharmaceutical
Objectives: The gravity-feed units were designed to leverage the Dimetapp name with the Get Better Bear brand. The presentation was simplified and the graphics were expanded to allow consumers to readily understand the product and its use. After the initial launch, a reorder followed quickly.

Client: Schering Plough Healthcare Products Inc., Liberty Corner, N.J.
Distribution: Supermarkets, drugstores, mass merchants
Size of Run: 4,000
Producer: Advertising Display Co., Lyndhurst, N.J.
Division: Temporary, First Aid and Pharmaceuticals

Client: Whitehall-Robins, Madison, N.J.
Distribution: Sam's Club stores
Size of Run: 230
Producer: New Dimensions Research Corp., Melville, N.Y.
Division: Permanent, Health Care
Objectives: To merchandise various Whitehall-Robins products in Sam's Clubs with a pallet display located in the pharmacy. This merchandiser can function for long periods of time and can be restocked and retrofitted for different products based on seasonal selling cycles.

Product: Children's Advil Chewables
Number of displays: 12,500
P-O-P companies: Union Graphics (graphics), Linden, N.J.; Henschel-Steinau Inc. (design and manufacture), Englewood, N.J.
Distribution: Supermarkets, drugstores and mass merchants
Introduction: May 1999
Duration: Temporary
Construction: Four-color litho dual-mounted to 200-pound E-flute corrugated
Display set-up: Retail staff

Client: Perrigo Co., Allegan, Mich.
Products Promoted: Allergy and sinus medication
Objective: To increase consumer awareness of Perrigo's over-the-counter medications with conveniently-located aisle displays.
Introduction: April 1999
Number of Displays: 2,000
Construction/Materials: Four-color process-printed on 24-point SBS C1S with a corrugated base
P-O-P Company: Ace-Hi Printed Graphics, Wyoming, Mich.

Client: Rexall Sundown Inc., Boca Raton, Fla.
Products Promoted: Sundown Herbals
Objective: To design a display that demonstrates Rexall Sundown's unique "twist and learn" product labeling. Also, to take charge of organizing the vitamin/herbal category by designing a shelf management system for American Drug Stores' vitamin merchandising.
Introduction: June 1999
Number of Displays: 1,000