Retail Merchandising Concepts 2025

Merchandising Standards

Wares – Office Supplies • Pens/Pencils/Markers • Paper • Notebook and Copier

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Keep like items together

Merchandise vertically by 3’ to 4’ sections • Use bin shelf for smaller items • Keep shelving consistent across category •

Use grid baskets with dividers to keep like items together

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Keep smaller items towards the top and larger items towards the bottom

• Tape & Dispensers • File Holders & Boxes • Bookends • Typewriters • Adding Machines • Globes • Binders • Paper Hole Punches • CD Holders • Blank CDs • Journals/Calendars

• Pull all product forward on the shelves for visibility • Make neat rows • Colorize where possible • Hanging merchandise on peg hooks is always displayed above items on shelves • No merchandise placed on shelf below hanging items

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