Store planning
Record Shop Bins vs Wall Shelves
The wall holds the catalogue. One bin after decompression, or none in 30 sqm. A dump crate is clearance.
Record shop bins vs wall shelves for small independent retailers: spine-out metres on the wall, a browse bin as one floor story — remaining walk after the crate. Independent shops in Thailand fill the floor with bins because a lookbook showed crates. The shops that still walk keep linear shelf metres and one bin run after decompression, or none in 30 sqm.
Bookstore is the sibling spine-out idea. How much shelving is metres. Island vs perimeter: the wall does the density. Dump bins are clearance, not the vinyl department.
What each is for
Wall shelf. Spine-out, lipped, depth matched to the format — slatwall shelf depth. Tickets — price tickets. We do not publish a universal millimetre.
Browse bin. One run, remaining walk on all sides that need it — aisle width. Not a forest of crates in the door — layout. Locks if it rolls.
Wrap that packs. Bags, leftover width, queue for two with sleeves — cash wrap, queue space. Impulse is a small tray of last-minute 7-inches, not a second bin on the till — impulse.
Window: one sleeve in the glass. Gondola usually splits 40 sqm. [Listening] is operations if you have a deck — staff-only path, not a fixture rating we invent.
Opening priority: wall and wrap before a second crate run.
When wall vs bin
| Job | Spine-out wall | Browse bin |
|---|---|---|
| Catalogue density | Strong | Weak if it is the only system |
| Flip-through | Weak | Strong — one run |
| 30 sqm | Must work | Often skip |
| Clearance | Not the wall | Dump bin, not merch crate |
Common mistakes
- Crate forest in the first two metres.
- No tickets on spines.
- Gondola plus three bin runs.
- Fashion hangrail as the hero.
What belongs on the quotation
- Wall metres and depth.
- Bin count — usually zero or one run.
- Remaining walk after crates.
- Tickets on facing.
- Language of the document, Thai or English.
Send shop type and format (LP, CD). That is enough to specify wall metres instead of a crate warehouse.
Spines on the wall, one bin if the walk remains
If you are fitting a record shop in Thailand, start with shelf metres. 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 shelves, the bin if any, and the walk.
Common questions
- Should the whole shop be browse bins?
- No. Wall metres first. One bin run if leftover floor exists.
- Bins in the first two metres?
- No. Decompression stays empty.
- Do spines still need price tickets?
- Yes. Unpriced facing is not merchandising.
- Is a dump crate the vinyl wall?
- No. That is clearance. Catalogue density is labelled spines on a shelf.
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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