Store planning
Homewares Shop Fixture Checklist for Independent Retailers
Deep grocery bays steal the aisle. Name the depth. One sample you can lift. Leave the walk.
A homewares shop fixture checklist for independent retailers is named shelf depth versus remaining walk — one sample height, not a gondola forest. Independent retailers in Thailand run deep bays because a supermarket lookbook showed it. The shops that still walk keep specified shelf depth on the wall and one sample height for the story.
Kitchenware is the awkward-SKU sibling. How much shelving and slatwall shelf depth still apply. Grocery-deep bays steal a boutique unit. Gondola usually splits 40 sqm — it can hurt in a boutique; it is not how this brand frames the shop. Aisle width is remaining walk after the object.
What the floor can hold
Perimeter shelves. Named depth. A lip if it walks. Slatwall vs wood if the return is timber. Panel layout is the bay. Base decks finish the bottom. Candle and fragrance if that is a wall: testers at one height.
One sample height. An object you can lift — not every SKU as a tower in the door — layout, island vs perimeter. Nested tables if the story is a fold. Remaining walk on all sides that need it.
Wrap that packs. Awkward boxes, leftover width — cash wrap, queue space. Impulse is a tray of tags, not a second homewares wall on the till — impulse.
Tickets. Unpriced objects are not merchandising — price tickets. Gift shop is the mixed-SKU sibling.
Back of house: cartons off the floor. Landlord: height of stacked ware. Humidity: we do not invent a warranty. Window: one story. Delivery access: a display shelf still has to enter the door.
Tea shop is the tin-wall sibling. Hobby is the peg-vs-shelf sibling.
When wall vs island
| Job | Perimeter shelf | Floor sample / island |
|---|---|---|
| SKU density | Strong — named depth | Weak as a forest |
| Lift / story | Weak | One height |
| 40 sqm | Must work on the wall | One or none |
| Gondola run | Usually splits the unit | — |
Common mistakes
- Grocery-deep bays in a boutique unit.
- Every SKU as a tower in the door.
- No tickets.
- Gondola as the brand look.
What belongs on the quotation
- Shelf depth — millimetres on the quote.
- Sample count — usually one height.
- Remaining walk after the object on all sides that need it.
- Wrap that packs awkward boxes.
- Language of the document, Thai or English.
Send shop type and floor width. That is enough to specify a wall instead of a gondola forest.
Named depth, one sample, walk left
If you are fitting a homewares shop in Thailand, start with remaining aisle. 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 the shelf, the wrap, and the walk.
Common questions
- Should homewares use grocery-deep gondolas?
- Usually no in a boutique unit. Named shelf depth on the wall. Gondola often splits 40 sqm.
- Every SKU as a floor tower?
- No. One sample height. Density on the perimeter.
- Do objects still need price tickets?
- Yes. Unpriced facing is not merchandising.
- Is there a standard shelf depth?
- No. Put millimetres on the quotation. We do not publish a universal depth.
Want a fixture list that fits your shop?
Tell us the shop type, size and opening date. We build one fixture plan and one written quotation, in Thai or English.
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