Apparel display
Garment Covers vs Open Hang in Small Shops
Strip poly bags in back-of-house. A rail of covers is leftover stock, not merchandising.
Garment covers vs open hang in small shops: covers are back-of-house. The floor is merchandising — not a covered forest in the door. Independent retailers in Thailand leave poly bags on the rail because delivery just arrived. The shops that convert strip covers in receiving and put open hang on specified hangrail.
Back of house vs sales floor is the split. Rolling racks stay in receiving until the piece is merchandised. First-week mistakes often start as covered intake in the first two metres. Hanger types still have to match once the cover is off.
What each is for
Cover. Dust and transit. A bag on a rolling rack in the stockroom. Not a look. Not a window story — window.
Open hang. The customer sees colour, fabric, price — price tickets. Hangrail height and double hang still apply — hangrail height, double vs single hang. Face-out vs shoulder-out is how you show a graphic.
Not covers as merchandising. A rail of bags reads as leftover stock and blocks try-on. Fitting rooms cannot convert what the customer cannot see.
Vintage still opens the piece on the floor. Unique does not mean covered.
Layout: decompression is empty. Covered intake in the door is still receiving on the floor.
Seasonal reset is move open product, not a week of bags on the feature rack.
Mall delivery may arrive bagged — landlord owns the dock, not your floor. Strip in back-of-house.
When cover vs open
| Job | Cover | Open hang |
|---|---|---|
| Transit / dust | Strong | Weak |
| Selling floor | Never as the story | Strong |
| Window | Never | One story, uncovered |
| Size run | Off the floor | Wall hangrail |
Aisle width after packed open hang still belongs on the quotation. Covers do not shrink the rail; they hide it.
Common mistakes
- Poly bags on the feature four-way.
- Covered rail in the first two metres.
- Window as a bag dump.
- No tickets because the cover hid the SKU.
What belongs on the quotation
- Sales-floor hang is open — named.
- Covers as back-of-house only.
- Receiving vs floor — rolling racks with locks.
- Remaining walk after open hang.
- Language of the document, Thai or English.
Send shop type and whether intake arrives bagged. That is enough to specify open hang instead of a covered forest.
Strip in receiving, hang open on the floor
If you are merchandising apparel in Thailand, do not sell from the bag. Send the shop type, the size, and the opening month through the fixture plan form. We will return one fixture schedule and one written quotation — Thai or English — covering hangrail, receiving, and the walk.
Common questions
- Can garments stay in covers on the shop floor?
- No as the story. Covers are transit. Open hang is merchandising.
- Should the window show covered stock?
- No. One uncovered story in the glass. Bags in the window read as leftover intake.
- Do I still need tickets if the cover has a barcode?
- Yes on the open facing. The customer is not shopping the bag.
- Where do rolling racks of covered stock go?
- Back-of-house, locks on. Not the first two metres.
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