How to Plan for Start-Up Costs When You Want to Open a New Local Retail Store

If you’re dreaming and/or planning to open up a new local retail store in your area, there are many business decisions to consider. As you’re perfecting your business plan, you need to know what your start-up expenses will be so that you can be prepared for a successful grand opening. Here at M. Fried Store Fixtures, we love working with … Read More

CARTS AND BASKETS FOR YOUR RETAIL STORE

Shopping carts and baskets have been used for many years by shoppers in supermarkets, groceries, liquor stores, pharmacies and pet shops. Research has shown that the larger the cart or basket the more the consumer buys and when a smaller basket or shopping carts gets heavy or stuffed, consumers tent to place items back on the shelves. We are a … Read More

How to Increase Foot Traffic in Brick and Mortar Retail Stores in 2019

As online sales continue to grow in popularity, many retail store owners are wondering how to keep increasing foot traffic to their brick and mortar stores in 2019. The good news is, you can use combinations of both online and traditional methods to get more people coming into your store. Here are 6 ways that have proven to be effective … Read More

Liquor store gondola shelving

More and more liquor stores are moving over to using gondola shelving, as has been the trend for supermarket and Grocery stores for many years. Some of the benefits of using gondolas vs wood shelves include;  weight capacity of the gondola shelving, some sizes can hold up to 500lbs per shelf  flexibility, each shelve has 3 adjustable positions. it has its own price … Read More

Heavy Duty Retail Wire Shelving

Wire shelving also know as round pole restaurant shelves,  has moved over from being used exclusively in a grocery store or kitchen, to main stream retail stores. It’s all about proper merchandising and visual appeal. We carry them in black or chrome and in many sizes in length, depth and height. Most shelves have a weight capacity of about 500lbs … Read More

enhance your gondola shelving

In the attached pictures you’ll see examples of projects we did using unique tag mold colors on our standardized shelving. Specialized tag molding is becoming popular in the retail pharmacy and supermarket industry. Tag molding can be used to add life to the color for any retail store’s gondola shelving plan. Please note these pictures were taken as the stores were … Read More

New liquor store design

Your dream of opening the neighborhood’s nicest and trendiest liquor store has finally become a reality. However, becoming a proprietor isn’t only about ordering cases of Jack Daniels and Grey Goose, and those cute-looking shot glasses. When building any retail store, and especially one that sells expensive fragile items, you need to incorporate safe and sturdy design into your entire process.   … Read More

Pharmacy designs

Here are some images of a pharmacy that our design team was involved in the design and layout of the gondola shelving, counters and fixtures. We also provided the LED signage and LED under shelf lighting for the gondola shelves. In fact pharmacy build outs and fixture installation is our specialty, we always keep on hand ready to ship, pharmacy … Read More

Black Gondola Shelving – Now In Stock

We are excited to announce….. that we now STOCK a full line of BLACK Gondola Shelving, this in addition to our White Gondola Shelving line. Black Gondola Shelving has become the popular choice for Supermarket, Grocery, pharmacy, liquor stores and pet shops, just to name a few. Here are a few reasons to buy Gondolas from M. Fried: 1) We … Read More

Store Fixtures for Auto Parts Stores

Every business has different needs. That is something we recognize at M. Fried. Not everyone will flourish with the same plan, as such we need to be versatile in the store fixtures that we offer. If you are a specialty store owner you can rejoice, we probably have a display solution for you. Auto parts stores are one such specialty … Read More