The Retail Details blog celebrates unique store displays and visual merchandising examples. It is written for retailers, showrooms and merchandisers to inspire effective store displays, better utilize display space and increase sales.
Need last-minute 4th of July display ideas?
Homespun Cottage - Austin, TX
Homespun Cottage is a quaint little shop in Austin, TX. They offer a mixture of traditional, cottage and primitive furnishings and home decor items. In this 4th of July display, they placed dalmations and a picket fence to add more white contrast to the red, white and blue flag display table. I’m not sure if the flag table runner is a prop or for sale (or both), but it is a nice piece to have for holiday displays and year-round for Americana merchandise.
Salisbury Gifts - Easton, MD
Salisbury Gifts in Easton, MD, features a blue and white, crab-themed stoneware set by adding touches of red and blue using a few carefully placed candles and a red based sailboat prop.
Dedricks Pharmacy and Gifts - New Paltz, NY
Dedricks Pharmacy and Gifts invites you to step inside their gift area stocked with jewelry, housewares, collectibles, gourmet products and candles. In this 4th of July display, it’s a country theme, complete with country colored stars and a teddy bear. Happy Independence Day!
Global Views Showroom
As retailers enter the trade show season, I continue to remind you that some of the best visual merchandising ideas can be spotted at the wholesale showrooms during markets. I took this one from my collection of “wow” displays. To spotlight clear glass domes, the Global Views Showroom merchandisers chose to fill them with cheese puffs. This complemented their theme of orange home decor. I plan to visit their showroom in Dallas at the Total Home and Gift Show next week. I can’t wait to see their use of color for this season’s displays. And perhaps, have a snack 
Busy B - LaGrande, TX
The Busy B in La Grange, TX, sells mosaic fruit and vegetables. The colorful glass tomatoes, oranges, peppers, lemons, pears and eggplants are lovely, but it’s the display that sets these items apart from the other gifts, home accents and garden decor in the shop. Made to look like a farmers market stand, the items are placed in wooden boxes with straw. A crate box lid turns into a sign and they added a farmer tray to complete the scene.
Parkleigh - Rochester, NY
Parkleigh in Rochester, NY, is one of the oldest sellers of the Mackenzie-Childs whimsical glassware and home accessories line. In this store display, they suspended a tilted floral pitcher above a table setting and used ribbons to represent the liquid pouring from the spout. This is an excellent example of how to get your customers’ attention, drawing them to a specific area of your store.
Hi Ho Home - Hudson Valley, NY
Awaiting delivery of some new jewelry, Heidi at Hi Ho Home decided to prepare an old china cabinet to be her jewelry display. In keeping with her store theme of mixing old and new, she used old bottles, tattered books and stark white busts to hang the new jewels on. She placed them precisely on each shelf of the cabinet. I frequently check the blog, website and facebook albums for Hi Ho Home, as she creates many inspiring displays within the numerous rooms of this two-story home market and antique center in Gardiner, NY.
Collier West - Columbus, OH
Another store that mixes old and new, is Collier West in Columbus, OH. Their product mix includes many one of a kind items that are produced by artisans locally and from around the globe. Chandelier earrings, handcrafted in Brazil, are displayed on large pricing tickets. Displayed simply this way, the earrings stand out and the product display fits nicely with the branding of the shop.
Sirens & Sailors - Echo Park, CA
Glasses and vases are often used for jewelry displays. Pictured here, you see a colored wine glass displaying a single pair of earrings at Sirens and Sailors in Echo Park, CA. The earrings are neutral in color, so they stand out against the bold color of the glass. They would otherwise be difficult to display effectively.
Sassy Peacock - Toronto
Sassy Peacock in Toronto uses a clear, brandy snifter to merchandise some pendants on a glass shelf in their store. Behind the glass, a purple multi-cylinder vase, provides a nice contrast for the matching earrings.
3 Wishes Cards and Gifts - Alameda, CA
3 Wishes Cards and Gifts in Alameda, CA, drapes their Scrabble pendant necklaces from a low, round, green vase. The fact that the vase is rounded, emphasizes that the pendants are hung on ball chains. The placement of a Scrabble letter rack in front, provides information and interest, as the customers can clearly see that the pendants are made from the game pieces.
Next week, I will be covering the Dallas Total Home & Gift show for the Retail Details blog. I will also have the pleasure of joining several retailers to assist them in purchasing props and displays for their stores. I should have lots to share in the next few blogs. I truly have the best job in the world!
You can submit your store display pictures for blog consideration to the email address below. Stay display inspired!
~Becky
Tags: ASD show, Collier West, Hi Ho Home, Retail Details
Hey there!
Some really great “food for thought” here. Love the Cheese Puffs!
Thanks, Chris. Glad you like the blog. Much more to come… stay tuned.
~Becky
Are you going to the Atlanta gift show, too? I will be finalizing my purchasing there. My store opens in October and I would love to spend a few hours with you if you have time. Can you let me know how much you charge?
I have printed every issue of your blog and I am making a notebook of ideas. I just love your blog. You have such a knack for noticing what is important about displays. It’s the simple things that most of us miss.
Thank you.
Alexandra
Dear Alexandra,
Right now, I am not sure about Atlanta. Email me at Swirlmarketing@comcast.net and we can correspond about my availability. Thank you for your kind words. I am so thrilled with how many people love the blog. I love it too!
~Becky Tyre
swirlmarketing@comcast.net
Love the ribbon flowing out of the pitcher, expect the idea to be used in a HiHo window of the future
Cheese Puffs are fun too. Thank you for including us once again. Always inspiring posts. Heidi http://www.hihohome.com
Hello HI. Sorry for delay on approving your post… oddly was in the spam folder. I look forward to seeing your pitcher ribbon window. I hope all is well at your lovely shop. ~Becky
I own a bookstore and a wine store. Can you include some of these store types displays in your blog soon?
Hello Carl. I would LOVE to provide more coverage of non-apparel and gift stores. I’ll look through my photo files and post something for you soon. Thanks for your inquiry.
~Becky
I bought a produce cart – like one used in a gourmet grocery. I use one side to display fruit scented candles grouped in areas like fruit would be. On the other side, I do a color-coded display of mixed merchandise. Right now it’s yellow. I have some yellow gift items and in the center is a tall cylindrical vase filled with lemons. Also, a yellow purse looks like it fell over and limes & organges rolling out of it. I’ll send you a picture soon. Thanks for all your display ideas. You are the best!
Hi Vanessa. Thanks! I know exactly the type of cart you are talking about. I used to do the buying and merchandising for a gourmet market and I used one to separate the food area from the gifts. It worked great. I’d love to see a picture of how you are using yours. Send it when you get a chance.
Stay display inspired!
~Becky
Where have you been all my life????? I l-o-v-e your blog.
I like how you used the glasses to display the jewelry, very good idea.