Custom Metal Store Fixtures
A store fixture is a run of bays that stays in the store and must line up from one bay to the next in every store of a rollout. K-Display builds the gondola bays, wall bays, endcaps, slatwall panels, and checkout metalwork for fixture houses and retailers, in carbon steel, stainless steel, or aluminum.
Store fixtures we build
K-Display builds gondola and wall bays, endcaps, slatwall panels, and checkout metalwork in carbon steel, stainless steel, or aluminum. Uprights, shelves, and brackets are slotted to your pitch and supplied bare or powder coated, fitted with leveling feet, and packed by store as assembled bays or knock-down kits.
Each bay joins the next and stays in the store. Displays that hold one promotion and are then replaced are point-of-purchase displays.
A shelf takes its height from the slot its bracket hooks into. A hook cut narrower than that slot lets the shelf rock, and every shelf in the bay repeats the play.
Store fixture parts we make
- Gondola and wall bay frames
- Uprights formed and slotted to your pitch, welded base frames, and kickplates for gondola and wall bays.
- Shelves and brackets
- Formed shelves and brackets with hooks cut to the upright slot dimensions.
- Endcaps and slatwall panels
- Endcap frames and slotted wall panels cut to the width of the bay.
- Backs, infill, and trim panels
- Metal panels that close out the fixture and form its visible surfaces.
- Checkout counter frames and stands
- Counter frames and checkout stands, finished to match the bays beside them.
What keeps one bay lined up with the next
- Existing uprights
- A bracket hook that looks right can still seat a slot off, because uprights differ in slot pitch, slot size, and hook shape. A sample of the existing upright fixes all three.
- Shelf load and depth
- A shelf's load passes through its brackets into the upright, so weight and depth set the bracket size. A deep shelf carrying heavy stock needs a stiffer bracket than the shelf beside it.
- Weld distortion
- Welding heat bows a long frame member as the weld cools. The bow shows as a gap where two bays meet, and every store in the rollout repeats it.
- Finish across waves
- Parts from a later wave stand beside parts already in the store, so any difference in powder color or texture shows at the joint.
Slots cut at the after-coat size, then packed by store
Powder builds a film on every face of a slot, so each slot and hook is cut to the size it must have after the coat, and a later wave still fits the bays already in the store.
Cut the slots and hooks
We laser cut or CNC punch the slots and hooks in the flat blank, then form the uprights and shelves.
Weld the bays square, then coat
We fit each frame up square, weld it, press in the self-clinching hardware, mask the threads, and powder coat to your color and texture.
Label, kit, and pack
We label each part with its bay, kit the shelves and brackets for that bay with their hardware, fit the leveling feet, and pack by store or wave.
Leave access for the bay connection
Once adjoining bays are aligned, the joining hardware still needs a clear tool approach. Here, a socket reaches the bay connection from the aisle, with room to turn the handle. The dashed cover outline shows how finishing the seam can obstruct that working space.
Plan these connections into the installation sequence before fitting covers or shelves that block them. Keep any backs or bracing required for stability in place according to the fixture instructions; removable finish trim and structural panels have different jobs.
The socket approaches the joining plate through space later occupied by the seam cover. That overlap makes the cover's installation order important: the connection must remain reachable while the bays are fastened together.
What to send for a store fixture quote
- Bay layout
- Bay widths, upright heights, plan views, and the run each part fills.
- Upright sample
- Slot pitch, slot size, and hook shape, from a drawing or a sample upright.
- Shelf loads
- Shelf depth, weight per shelf, and the bracket or support geometry.
- Metal, color, and texture
- Carbon steel, stainless steel, or aluminum, powder color and gloss, the visible faces, and a physical sample for matching across waves.
- Rollout
- Quantity, wave schedule, part labeling, and the pack-by-store plan.