This Accordion-Pleated Mystery Fixture is a whatchamacallit that was discovered hanging from the door-mounted dual Coat Hook inside a walk-in medical facility. Its function was both unknown and possibly unknowable. A close-up inspection revealed that the hang hole also had a sideways slot. Possibly the tab-shaped opposite end could wrap around and insert into the…
Surprise yourself and upgrade your look, suggests this Mystery Color-Change Cup Bulk Bin promotion. If you are tired of the same old paper cup beverage container, upgrade to a Mystery Cup. Something (either moisture, heat, or cold) triggers a reaction and your Mystery Cup will reveal its true self to you and others. So start…
It’s hard to resist both the attention compelling nature and price of this Mystery Post-It-Note Sale Item. You must admit that a bright yellow Post-It Note with a handwritten $1.00 price conveys a sense of immediacy and heightens curiosity. Just what is a can of SG4RS2 with alternate codes of 2020 and 5012-51417? This offer…
Clamps as retail fixtures have their own thread here on FixturesCloseUp, though this C-Clamp Mystery Fixture Retail Outfitting implementation also fits the Mystery Fixtures category as to use. No photographic angle truly answered the question of just what is it doing? Usually C-clamps offer quick, temporary display and staging hooks for merchandise. Not so here. Click…
This multi-level Scotch® Gondola Display seems to perform a variety of merchandising functions, many of which where a mystery to me. I comprehend the vertical dividers for upright dispensing of large sheet-goods. The front-facing Grid Sections accept stubby Straight-Entry Scanner Hooks keeping them safely within the display footprint. The dual level Triangular Tops are a…
I love the logo. I love the package as a freestanding piece of design. But I am pretty sure much of the retail sales message is lost for this Thinkhat Mystery Merchandise. Lucky my job is not so hard as that of this package designer. I merely comment on the excellent use of vertical merchandising space, employing 90º…
Ralph Lauren Mystery Fixture indeed. The Clothes Hanger upper portion is branded Ralph Lauren, but it is the bottom half of the fixture which puzzles as to use. Shaped and weighted lick a barbell, it would certainly keep the fixture vertical and hanging straight and true. CLICK the thumbnail to see it may have adjustment…
A Store Navigation Mystery Fixture Conundrum indeed. My first guess was a Civil Defense Marker from the 1950s, followed by the thought of a confused in-store directional. But it led nowhere and merely pointed up with no elevator or escalator to be seen. Possibly, it’s a symbol or icon with a standard meaning, but I…
Euro Fixture: Mystery Reverse J-Hook at Shelf Edge …. a Continental concept whose final retail application is mysterious and unknown. See that it includes an Endcap with 1” Grid (or 254 mm in continental terms) Sidekick Wings. The inward direction of the J-Hook dictates that they work only on the Shelf Edges and not the Grid Sidewalls.…
As followup to a discourse on Slatwall and Pegboard Hook interchangeability this Hammer Display Hook offers an unusually interesting ongoing example. Though designed for Hammer display it could be used for similar and dissimilar merchandise from Ice Axes to Window Squegees to Toilet Plungers. It mounts to 1/8” 3/16” and 1/4” Pegboard and Slatwall, and employs…