By now you know my Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder well enough to intuit that I was drawn to this mismatch from across the length of the store and could not leave without a photo. Hooks are a bit long for merchandising these belts, wouldn’t you agree?
SEARCH “Best Practices“ for all that is good and bad in retail fixturing. And yes “erraticism” is a word. Click and check for yourself.
For the Yin of obsessive-compulsiveness in good display see…
“Obsessive-Compulsive Staff Wanted“
“Slatwall Orderliness in the Extreme“
“Selling the Color Spectrum”
“Color Coded Back Tags“”
“Color-Matched Shorts and Sandals“
“Colorful Kangol vs Slouch Hat”
“Prada Obsessive Compulsive Merchandising”For the evil Yang of obsessive-compulsiveness try…
“Eye Test for Fixture Experts”
“How Not To Mix ‘N Match Hooks”
“Five out of Six Hooks Disagree”
“Slatwire Erraticism“
“2011 Unruly Fixture Award”
“Holy Grail of Retailing Lost”
“Label Holder Overlap Triggers OCD“
“Neatness Counts in Fixtures”
Wow Tony, talk about overkill?! This looks to be located on a outside corner lot as well? These are the kind of displays my suit jackets get instantly attracted to as you walk by and cause my Dry Cleaners to love for repair work!
Mike
Yes Mike this hazard was akin to the “Running of the Bulls” in a Spanish street. I took my photo then moved away cautiously. I too am prone to get hung up on fixturing like this.
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