Before we put retail shelf risers in, our retail store looked something like this: All of our canned goods, boxes, beauty products, none of our 63 retail shelves had extruded shelf risers. Looking back now, that was a mistake, a $20K mistake to be exact. Let me explain.
If you’re not familiar with what a retail shelf riser is, Joalpe gives the perfect definition. Extruded retail shelf risers fit the U channels on display shelving to ensure products remain on the shelves. That’s it, nothing fancy but it’s highly effective at doing what it’s supposed to do. It keeps products safely on your shelves.
When boxes fall off your retail shelves, it’s not a big deal for the most part. Sure, boxes can get damaged and that is a concern. However, for the majority of boxes that fall off retail shelves, it’s not a problem. Glass jars falling off your retail shelves, you bet, that’s an issue. When a whole shelf falls, that’s a huge problem and it just can’t happen.
Back to retail shelf risers, over the last year, we lost over $20K in damaged products. I don’t care how big or small your retail store is, that’s an issue you can’t have. That’s exactly why we purchased shelf risers, (these to be exact).
Best decision I’ve ever made, well, at least to how it pertains to protecting our client’s products. Fast forward to the following year, we have less than $200 in damaged products. That’s a big change, just having a piece of plastic holding the product back.
Now, with this specific shelf riser, it perfectly fits the U channel. It’s a great product and it works. If you don’t have them, I’d highly recommend you get them. They;
- Keep items safely on your retail shelves
- They protect items from damage
- They also keep your retail shelves cleaner and organized
Our product stackers love them too, it’s easier for them to stack items and keep them organized. Overall, it’s been a great investment into the store and has saved us a lot of money on damaged products.
The customers have left positive feedback as well, you always have to keep your customers in mind. Overall, the experience has been great, glad we found the problem and provided a good solution.
Some stores have hundreds of shelves and while all of them may not contain food products, a lot of products would benefit from these types of shelf risers. Any glass product would benefit, any other product that has plastic caps as well.
Look at your reports and see how much damaged products cost your company. If that number is high, you may want to think about getting some retail shelf risers like this. You are going to accidents, customers are going to damage things. It happens, it’s something store owners have to deal with. Still, they’re well worth the investment, most shelf risers are very affordable.
In the end, your product is your biggest expense, why would you not protect it at all costs? Doesn’t make sound business sense, right? Get your shelf risers ordered and start protecting your product, learn from my $20K mistake my friend.
