Store planning
Shoe Wall vs Island Run in a Small Shop
Every colour in the aisle is a warehouse. Run on the wall. One pair you can lift. Leave the walk.
Shoe wall versus island run in a small shop is size run on the wall, one sample height — remaining walk after the pair. Independent retailers in Thailand stack every colour in the aisle because a lookbook showed a forest. The shops that still walk keep specified shelf or hangrail on the perimeter and one sample you can lift.
Shoe display is the shop plan. Bag display is the sample-on-show sibling. Island vs perimeter: a hard island eats walk like a gondola. Aisle width is remaining walk after the pair. Back of house holds the size run overflow.
What each is for
Perimeter wall. Size run on named shelf depth or hangrail — millimetres on the quote. How much shelving, slatwall shelf depth. Grocery-deep bays steal a boutique unit. A lip if it walks.
One sample height. A pair you can lift — not every SKU as a tower in the door — layout. Nested tables if the story is a fold. A second island is a second forest.
Fitting still happens. Shoes without a seat leftover are a showroom if you need try-on — fitting room hooks as the leftover-width sibling. We do not publish a universal seat millimetre.
Wrap that packs. Boxes are awkward. Leftover width — cash wrap, packaging vs wrap. Tickets on sizes — price tickets.
Window: one story. Gondola usually splits 40 sqm — it can hurt in a boutique. Landlord: height of stacked boxes. Delivery access: a display still has to enter the door.
Luggage is the bulky sibling: sample on the floor, run in back.
When wall vs island
| Job | Perimeter size run | Floor sample / island |
|---|---|---|
| Sizes | Strong — named depth | Weak as a forest |
| Colour / lift | Weak | One height |
| 40 sqm | Must work on the wall | One or none |
| Tower in the door | Never | Never |
Common mistakes
- Every colour in the first two metres.
- Island as the size run.
- No tickets on sizes.
- Gondola as the brand look.
What belongs on the quotation
- Wall vs island for the run — named.
- Shelf depth or hangrail millimetres.
- One sample height.
- Remaining walk after the pair on all sides that need it.
- Language of the document, Thai or English.
Send shop type and floor width. That is enough to specify a wall instead of a shoe forest.
Run on the wall, one sample, walk left
If you are fitting shoes 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 wall, the sample, and the walk.
Common questions
- Should every colour sit on the island?
- No. One sample height. Size run on the perimeter. Overflow in back.
- Gondola as the shoe wall?
- Usually splits 40 sqm. Named perimeter first. Gondola can hurt in a boutique unit.
- Do sizes still need tickets?
- Yes. Unpriced facing is not merchandising.
- Is there a standard shoe-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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