This Shelf Fixture Flirts With Disaster promising an avalanche of baby food waiting to happen. Light-duty extruded dividers only half the height of the three-some stacks of jars attempt to maintain order and stability. Even though the jars mate, this display is sure to topple. Rigid dividers and a tall clear front product stop, or alternatively high-wall adjustable plastic trays designed for this situation would be more appropriate.
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For Failed Metal Retail Fixtures by Title see…
“Target Meals-To-Go Magnetic Aisle Invader” (Pending)
” Shelf Fixture Flirts With Disaster ”
“Ribbon Spool Shelf Alignment Failure”
“Hot-Looking Halloween Underwear Scan Hook Failure”
“Rusted Rust-Oleum® Literature Holder”
“Retail C-Clamp Construct Mystery Fixture”
“Alfani® Dress Shirt Disaster”
“Sagging Finial’d Bar Hooks”
“Weak Plane Failure in Slotwall”
“Mop and Broom Grid Hook”
“Failed Faceout Backplate for 3-4” Grid”
“Impending Slatwire B/P Failure”
“Failed Grid Faceout On Orange”
“Butt-Ugly Backplate for Scan Hook”
“FISH-Tip Fender Bender”
“Faceout Accident Aftermath”
“Square Quiver for Boxed Items”
“Unstable Magnetic Signage”
“New Slant on Flat Stock J-Hook?”
“One Pinstop Missing Among Many”
“Weld Burns Ruin Fixture Finish”
“Aluminum Boxer-Style Hook Failure”
“Misshapen Aluminum Hooks”
“Malleable Aluminum Grid Hooks”
“So Sorry. Aluminum Hook in Play”
“Faceout Failure on Slatwire”
“Failed Reverse Waterfall Hook”
“How to Avoid Frontwire Sag”
For rusty and related fixture failure see…
“Target Meals-To-Go Magnetic Aisle Invader” (Pending)
“Rusted Rust-Oleum® Literature Holder”
“Weld Burns Ruin Fixture Finish”
For Failed Plastic Retail Fixtures by Title see…
“Twin Straight-Entry Hook Failures For Christmas”
“Famous Name Fixture Failure For Scanner Hook”
“Acrylic Slatwall Pocket Fails”
“Base Deck Bumper Failure”
“Literature Holder Team Play”
“Plastic Pegboard Blues”
“Deformed Plastic PowerWing Hooks”
“Cross-Slotted Display Shattered”
“Acrylic Bin With Backplate Fails”
“Gondola Base Deck Takes a Hit”
“Label Strip Old Before Its Time“
“Plastic Grid Hooks Fail”
“Plastic Corrugated Hook Failure in POP“
“Popular Hook Features Combined”
“Diving Board Effect in Jewelry“
“Rare Hook Lug Failure”
“Hook Lug Failure Redux”
“Plastic Hook Innovates But Falls Short”
“Hook has Two Monkey Load Limit”
“Plastic Hooks Beyond Limits”
“Productstop Fails Christmas Crush”
“Label Holder Wrecks Store Image”
“Sidesaddle Label Holder Fails”
For Failed Display Surfaces see…
“Gift Wrap Tools PowerWing Pegboard Failure”
“Cross-Slotted Display Shattered“
“Anti-Theft Fixture Fails in Slatrwall”
“Ideas Wanted: Retail Guard Rail”
“Fat-Bottomed Hooks”
“Pink Plastic Pegboard”
“Pegboard Accidents Happen“
For Base Deck failures see…
“Base Deck Bumper Failure”
“Gondola Base Deck Takes a Hit”
For a related fixture safety posts see…
“Careful Alexis! Sharp Hooks“
“Zip Tie as Faulty Fail-Safe”
“How to Avoid Being Hit on the Head in Retail“
For damage to Brands see…
” First Alert Display Setup Failure Details ”
” NFL Football Lineup Merchandising ”
“Dockers® Misspelling as Measure of Brand Recognition”
“Kenneth Cole® Reaction Brand Misspelled”
“Hooligans Attack the Hilfiger® Brand“
For all Failed Retail Fixture resources see…
“Failures in Retail Fixturing Pinterest Board“ visual summary.
“Failed Retail Fixtures Index Page” for all resources and links
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