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2005 PROMOTION ANNUAL
June/July 2005


Category: Permanent Displays
Display Producer: Flair Display Inc.
3920 Merritt Avenue, Bronx, NY l0466

This floorstand for Grand Marnier promotes a summer drink - "A better Margarita"using Grand Marnier to make the drink. The eye-catching tree is a fiberboard drum with a vacuum formed top, wrapped in burlap. The plastic injection molded shelves support the weight of the Grand Marnier bottles. The center signs are litho laminated to Styrene and the base is wood laminated particle board. The design featuring various processes and materials all add up to an attractive presentation for this special summer promotion.


Category: Permanent Displays
Display Producer: The Royal Promotion Group
119 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019

H2O Plus stores launched its new cosmetics collection using an innovative open sell wall unit and play station. Within its open sell wall, product testers were displayed in templates while saleable stock was concealed in drawers below. The play station provided a secondary location for consumers to test, try and buy. The success of these concepts has led to the redesign of the entire store with shops opening nationwide.


Category: Promotional Displays
Display Producer: Hankscraft, Inc.
300 Wengel Drive, Reedsburg, WI 53959

This Animated Audio Price Rail is a moving lenticular image with simultaneous audio and it is activated by the customer. The material may also be used for packaging, direct mail as well as counter displays to attract and impress the consumer. The price rail shown reprises the TV commercial for added recognition.


Category: Permanent Displays
Display Producer: Nashville Display
306 Hartmann Drive, Lebanon, TN 37087

This 2-tier display was created to merchandise Mizuno golf gloves in sports stores, golf and pro shops. It can be used as a counter display or hung on slatwall and is constructed from metal, wire and plastic. The front of the display is laser cut out in a racetrack pattern with a transparent Mizuno blue plastic insert, screened with the Mizuno logo. This unique treatment attracts attention and provides strong brand identity.


Category:Basewrap
Display Producer: Proprint Services Inc.
562l Finch Avenue East, Unit 5,
Toronto, Ontario MlB 2T9 Canada

This photo features Aquafina basewrap in use. This is a four color l2" high x 50' roll which presents the product in an eye-pleasing manner. The basewrap covers the skid and reinforces the message of purity for the product.


Category: Temporary Displays
Display Producer:Rapid Displays
4300 W. 47th Street, Chicago, IL 60632-4476

adidas used this Major League Soccer Mobile to promote the sell-through of adidas MLS Jersey's in soccer specialty stores. adidas currently sponsors 9 MLS teams and each mobile has the ability to be customized by switching out the lower portion of the graphic inserts. All MLS teams and adidas brand identity was highlighted on the upper section, while the moving lower portion highlights the team specific to that store location.


Category: Sampling Programs
Display Producer: Outwater Plastics Industries, Inc.
24 River Road, Bogota, NJ 07603

Outwater Plastics offers a sampling program with samples available at no charge for a majority of the products featured in its massive catalog. The catalog offers a vast selection of products which can come to life when a sample is provided. Outwater Industries maintains facilities in New Jersey, Arizona and Canada with products in stock as well as standard and innovative component products available by simply contacting the company’s Sales Department at l-888-OUTWATER or by ordering them 24 hours a day at web site: www.outwater.com.


Category: Permanent Displays
Display Producer: Harbor Industries, Inc.
14130 172nd Street, Grand Haven, MI 49417

The Franke sink display is used to display three different premium clay fired sinks. The main objective was to develop a display that would show each sink mounted to a counter surface in a small footprint. Two of the sinks are mounted in pull out drawers. These drawers were designed so that only one can be pulled out at a time to ensure the stability of the unit. Franke developed an upper add-on module to display a fourth sink in the same footprint.


Category: Temporary Displays
Display Producer: Rapid Displays
4300 W. 47th Street, Chicago, IL 60632-4476

The design of the Honda Home Run Sweepstakes Display simulated the feel and excitement of Little League Baseball through the creation of an artificial field and baseball players. The silkscreened PETG as a chainlink fence with gray fiber poles and caps represented the outfield fence, almost perfectly with the "Score An Odyssey" header being the scoreboard. Litho mounted sintra for the homeplate ballot box area provided a strong platform to fill-out ballots. It really added dimension and depth to have the boy batter ¼" in front of the chain link theme.


Category: Custom Mirrors
Display Producer: Heritage Sign & Display Inc.
344 Industrial Road, Nesquehoning, PA l8240

These custom designed mirrors contain 3-D elements. The CNC cut hockey sticks and hockey pucks are colorfully decorated and add great dimension to the Molson hockey mirror. The puck itself along with the "cracked mirror" effect brings the piece to life.


Category: Stock Displays And Hooks
Display Producer: Art-Phyl Creations
16250 NW 48th Avenue, Miami, FL 33014

Art-Phyl Creations has been a direct manufacturer of Display Hooks, Merchandising Aids and Stock P.O.P. displays for over 45 years. With over 1 million hooks in stock, its line includes standard wire and plastic pegboard hooks, Scanhooks, Hooks for Corrugated and Specialty Display Hooks including literature pockets, buckets, bins, garment, hat and shoe displayers. Art-Phyl also manufactures a complete line of stock p.o.p. displays, strip merchandisers and accessories. All of the products are now available from the online store at www.hookstore.com.


Category: Acrylic Displays
Display Producer: Merchandising Inventives, Inc.
1665 S. Waukegan Rd., Waukegan, IL 60085

These Acrylic Merchandising Easels are made of l/8" clear Acrylic. These merchandisers are sold in master case quantities and are available in custom sizes, lengths and material.


Category: Permanent Displays
Display Producer: Nashville Display
306 Hartmann Drive, Lebanon, TN 37087

This pallet display was designed to merchandise Professional Landscape Tools, including trimmers and chain saws for Tractor Supply Stores. It is constructed from 4" round tubing, metal and wire. The black skid base features a diamond plate top, which provides an accent for the display and visual appeal. The MTD logo is screened on the metal headers and delivers strong brand identity.


Category: Permanent Displays
Display Producer:The Royal Promotion Group
119 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019

Kroger Supermarkets wanted to increase its Health and Beauty Aids Sales. A unique department design was developed, accommodating a combination of stock gondolas with custom modification to create a unique point of difference. Details included individual category signs, lightboxes, shelf extrusions with illumination and education departments. Style cash wraps and freestanding promotional towers create an inviting environment for supermarket shoppers.


Category: Permanent Displays
Display Producer: Harbor Industries, Inc.
14130 172nd Street, Grand Haven, MI 49417

The Bose 'Stitch' display was designed as an elegant counter display to demonstrate the superior quality of the new Bose headphones. An AM/FM/CD player provided by Bose is used for demonstration purposes. Lifestyle graphics and information highlighting the superiority of these headphone sets was used to educate the consumer on the benefits of the Bose products. The graphics slide into channels and are changeable.


Category: Adjustable Merchandising Trays
Display Producer: Trion Industries, Inc.
297 Laird Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA l8702

Trion Industries has introduced the AMT ™, an adjustable merchandising tray which organizes and helps improve sales. The AMT ™ is designed for yogurts, ice cream, instant soup cups, tubs, baby food bottles and many other difficult to organize products. It features sturdy plastic lanes with built-in manual feed merchandise that forwards product with ease. The small size tray adjusts from 2-ll/l6" to 3-5/l6 inches wide in l/8" increments. Large size trays adjust from 4" to 4-5/8" in l/8" increments.The display is designed for the freezer, cooler, wire shelving, standard shelving, table top and specialty displays.


Category: Sports Promotions
Display Producer: Proprint Services Inc.
562l Finch Avenue East, Unit 5, Toronto,Ontario MlB 2T9 Canada

The Drink Pepsi - Go Pro is a national promotion which included 6' standees printed on corrugate and die cut, along with full size end aisles and full color litho printed pole signs, shelf talkers and tent cards. The winner can win a trip for 4 to a sports event in North America.


Category: Prismatic Displays
Display Producer: Clearr Corporation
6325 Sandburg Road, Minneapolis, MN 55427

Clearr Corporation has introduced DoubleTake® its latest prismatic display innovation which features two images in the space of one, via its patented "zigzag" face profile. As a prospect walks by the display he sees a metamorphosis take place as one image transitions into another. The viewer is captivated and often positions himself to view the action repeatedly. DoubleTake® is available in tabletop, pedestal, suspended, framed and backlit configurations, all designed to stop traffic at budget-pleasing prices.


Category: Promotional Displays
Display Producer: Alpak Manufacturing Corporation
18l Boyd Street, Montgomery, NY l2549

This "Snoopy Dog House" Ballot Box was created for Met Life. It features 3-color plus varnish with a a perforated door opening. The ballot box ships flat and is used for retail information seminars. The display went from design to production in two weeks!


Category: Lightboxes
Display Producer: Clearr Corporation
6325 Sandburg Road, Minneapolis, MN 55427

The XXLite Lightbox is a user-friendly solution to display large indoor backlit graphic media. It is available in sizes as large as a l0' x l0' and 8' x l2' and offers a highly-simplified method of graphic installation and changes. It may be used at retail, showroom, airport, tradeshow, sports venue and many other types of display environments. XXLite may be ordered with its standard anodized aluminum finish, or in a variety of colors. Each unit is separated into two pieces for shipping convenience and on-site assembly is quick and easy. It may be wall-mounted or stand independently (with optional hardware).


Category: Permanent Displays
Display Producer: Sterling Promotional Corp.
30l0 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, NY l0577

This Covey Run Bakers Rack drew much attention at the point of sale to the brands featured. The rack can be used over and over and then given to the dealer as an incentive.


Category: In-store signage
Display Producer: Virtual Images Unlimited,
636 East Brier St., Suite 120, San Bernardino, CA 92408

This in-store signage was created for Footlocker's "Back in Black" campaign and is the world's largest printed lenticular in-store display produced to date. The lenticular sign is sized at 40"x63" and features a triple flip image, displaying three popular shoe brands. Baseball Caps from each of the three brands also flip at the bottom of the sign. Prestone Printing provided printed banners and mounting hardware to complete the campaign. The banners and lenticular were roll-able, allowing for easier distribution.1,500 signs were produced and displayed in the front window of Footlocker's top grossing store locations.


Category: Ceiling Displays
Display Producer: M.I. Creative Services
1665 S. Waukegan Rd., Waukegan, IL 60085

This Hanging Mobile captured attention as it highlighted several lines of cosmetics and utilized overhead ceiling display space. Artwork was prepared and the panels were printed and a versatile Mini-Mobile Kit was distributed to retailers. This successful program was developed from concept right through to delivery.


Category: Permanent Displays
Display Producer: Harbor Industries, Inc.
14130 172nd Street, Grand Haven, MI 49417

Quick-Step's goal was to bring a new look to the laminate flooring industry by getting away from the trend towards wood grains and very masculine looking displays. The Signature unit was designed using softer colors (caramel and saffron), large radiuses on the back panels, down lighting, edge lighting and back lighting providing a softer looking display geared more to the female buyer.


Category: Permanent Displays
Display Producer: Lingo Manufacturing Co., Inc.
7400 Industrial Road, Florence, KY 41042

Flora was tired of the same old cheap and boring displays that have saturated the Natural Foods industry. It needed a display that would convey the same earthy, natural look and feel, just as their teas do. By using a variety of manufacturing processes and materials, Lingo Manufacturing was able to do just that. This display has a small footprint and a very large product capacity. The display design fits perfectly on any crowded counter top and looks more like furniture than a display. The display was constructed of heavy gauge rolled wire, bull-nosed steel shelving, heavy gauge, laser cut logo steel base, four-color process signage and rustic powder coat finish.


Category: Permanent Displays
Display Producer: Xtra Lite Display Systems
3451 West Burnsville Parkway, Suite 100, Burnsville, MN 55337-4287

This Power Table ™ offers a dramatic new way to beverage marketers to maximize brand awareness at restaurants, indoors or out. The display features high impact graphics and provides unlimited impressions. The sturdy table is constructed to offer a long-lasting display.


Display Producer: Permanent Displays
Display Producer: Thorco Industries
1300 E. 12th Street, Lamar, MO 64759

The Dayspring International Calendar 5-panel spinner was designed to be a sturdy, visually appealing display with a minimum footprint. Each of the 5 panels uses engineered-in flexibility to display a variety of inspirational wall, pocket or purse calendars, desk planners, magnetic calendars, memo pads and related products. Great importance was placed on maximum product load-in, flexible display options and variable product mix both in and out of season. The all satin black powder coated metal and wire components are complimented by smoked acrylic end panels and wood grain laminate top and bottom caps. The display is topped by a die-cut graphic panel.


Category: Corrugated Displays
Display Producers: Bay Cities Container (Designer)
8315 Hanan Way, Pico Rivera, CA 90660
IPG Imaging Professionals
26845 Vista Terrace, Lake Forest, CA 92630

IPG Imaging Professionals collaborated with Bay Cities Container Corp. to develop unique cardboard houses for Eckrich Foods. The corrugated E-flute cardboard houses contain four samples of Eckrich meat products in zip locked bags, and Eckrich product information. The boxes, designed by Bay Cities Container Corp., measure 12" x 12" x 9" and are a beautiful forest green with white, yellow, red, orange and blue accents. IPG Imaging Professionals printed the product design on E-flute cardboard using the eight-color, UV-ink PressVu printer


Category: Inflatables
Display Producer:Sterling Promotional Corp.
30l0 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, NY l0577

Coors kicked off the baseball season with this fun, oversized inflatable baseball glove which is also a chair. Inflatables can be made in any size and shape. They bring a sales message to the consumer in a larger than life, and fun way.


Category: Permanent Displays
Display Producer: Heritage Sign & Display, Inc.
344 Industrial Road, Nesquehoning, PA l8240

These branded hardwood items are of richly stained dark cherry. An antiqued pewter nameplate highlights the Maker Mark's logo and helps set off the pieces. The on-premise program includes a branded hardwood napkin caddy. The upscale table tent has room to display two 4" x 6" menu cards protected by clear plastic.


Category: Permanent Displays
Display Producer: MoldRite Products, Inc.
N29 W22870 Marjean Lane, Waukesha, WI 53l86-l0l6

This Jim Beam 5-Case Stacker was designed to reinforce Jim Beam's heritage as well as to increase brand recognition and market presence in upscale, high volume markets. The freestanding display rack was designed to replicate a l/2 scale replica of the oak barrels used in the Jim Beam Bourbon distilling process. The display rack measures 75" tall by l8" deep by 24" wide and can hold more than five cases of the product. To achieve the realism and high visual impact of weathered cedar and finished oak, the display was molded from rigid polyurethane foam The multi colored logos for the header and barrel ends ties back to the packaging and other merchandising elements for a consistent marketing message.


Category: Corrugated Displays
Display Producer: Menasha Display Group
60l E. Erie Avenue, Philadelphia, PA l9l34

The Supermag 2-sided Floorstand was developed to increase brand recognition in the U.S. for a well-known European Toy. The high-impact display accommodates three sizes of packaging. The footprint of the unit fits onto a l/4 pallet and ships to retail pre-packed. By using B flute corrugated with litho-laminated graphics for the majority of the display, strength was achieved without losing visual impact.


Category: Corrugated Displays
Display Producer: Arrow Display, Division of Mannkraft Corp.,
100 Frontage Road, Newark, NJ 07ll4

This is a Pop-Up Counter Display which promotes 3M Scotch-Blue ™ Painter's Tape. It is made of 32 ECT B flute corrugated, with full litho mount and aqueous coating. The display is designed to increase channel distribution at retail and separate the brand from its competition. The patented pop-up construction assures quick and easy set-up.


Category: Banners
Display Producer: Impact Advertising
l33 E. Alton Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92707

Mercedes Benz used this Bowhead Banner in front of its dealership to call attention to the site. The banner helps to increase sales and build the brand. It is ideal for indoor/outdoor use for general promotions and at retail stores, for sports, corporate and trade show events. The banners are portable, lightweight and assemble in minutes. They are double strength with high impact aluminum pole frames. They are available in sizes: 8 ft., 11 ft. and 14 ft. Optional accessories include ground stakes, wall mounts and vehicle tire stands.


Category:Inflatables
Display Producer: Sterling Promotional Corp.
30l0 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, NY l0577

These patented light up inflatables, the LIGHT UP GHOSTS, are used as a light string. Inflatables of any shape and size can be lit up to provide a fun and eye-catching display.


Category: Shelf Displays
Display Producer: T.M. Shea Products
964 Livermois Road, Troy, MI 48084

P.O.P. InfoScrolls easily install off shelves, in pegged sections, off end-cap side rails. Custom scrolls and signs are available. The InfoScrolls can feature blinking lights, hold tear-off coupon pads, or feature danglers/wobblers for down aisle viewing.


Category: Corrugated Displays
Display Producer: Arrow Display, Division of Mannkraft Corp.
100 Frontage Road, Newark, NJ 07ll4

This Esselte Backto School 2005 is a corrugated l/4 pallet display with a four-sided litho header. The display is designed for Staples retail stores and meets Staples' floorplan requirements. The unit promotes Oxford Poly binders and portfolios and is shoppable from 3 sides for maximum product visibility.


Category: Corrugated Displays
Display Producer: Menasha Display Group
60l E. Erie Avenue, Philadelphia, PLA l9l34

This Harley Davidson Welding Helmets Display was developed as a versatile and compact unit specifically suited to the limited space of the welding supply store. The display provides emphasis on brand identification and the unit is durable enough so that the consumer can remove and handle the helmets. The display had to withstand the hands-on treatment, including restocking The display may be placed on the counter, or hung on slat wall or pegboard. The display utilizes 5/c offset litho printing on SBS laminated to E flute corrugated with a UV coating.


Category: Sign Holders
Display Producer: Merchandising Inventives, Inc.
1665 S. Waukegan Rd., Waukegan, IL 60085

This Snap-It Sign Holder attaches securely to any standard l l/4" price channel. The unit is particularly useful for everchanging sale items. It holds signs flush and perpendicular to the shelf. It is produced of natural polypropylene.


Category:Added Value Programs
Display Producer:3 Strikes Activation
25 Crescent Street, Stamford, CT 06906

The objective of this Added Value Program was to capture the attention of consumers and entice them to purchase a l.75 liter bottle of Captain Morgan Rum. A free Paktite compressed Captain Morgan t-shirt fits on the neck of the bottle and falls within the footprint of the rectangular bottom below, which permits the use of normal shipping cases. The front label was designed to communicate the offer to consumers. A simple method was developed to fit the compressed t-shirt on to the neck of the bottle so that the distributor's warehouse staff could easily place it on the product without interfering with the normal packaging process.


Category:Promotional Displays
Display Producer:Alpak Manufacturing Corporation
18l Boyd Street, Montgomery, NY l2549

This counter display was produced for the "Discovery Channel" for all categories of Discovery Channel books and magazines. The display ships set up in a carton, a l-piece, l-color pre-pack. The display is used at supermarkets and c-stores. Design to production in two weeks!


Category: Permanent Displays
Display Producer: Trion Industries, Inc.
297 Laird Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702

Trion's new EWT Security Units provide an anti-shoplifting alternative by allowing only the front-most item to be removed one-at-a-time, while still permitting customers to purchase a single product trouble-free. Auto feed forwards fresh product for the next sale. EWT Security Units are available in a range of sizes from 5" to 12" wide (mini system from 3" to 6"), and are made-to-order to secure any size product. Units can be arranged for multiple facings and families of products. Security Units shelf-mount via front rail and pushpins or wall-mount via Quick Back Pegboard Backplates.


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