Store planning
Tea Shop Fixture Plan for Small Units
A stack of every tin in the aisle is a warehouse. One sample you can open. The wall holds the rest.
A tea shop fixture plan for small units is tin wall versus table — wrap that packs, one sample height, remaining walk. Independent retailers in Thailand stack every tin in the aisle because a lookbook showed a forest. The shops that still walk keep specified shelf depth on the wall and one sample height for the story.
Gift shop is the mixed-SKU sibling. How much shelving and slatwall shelf depth still apply. Grocery-deep bays steal a boutique unit. Aisle width is remaining walk after the tin.
What the floor can hold
Perimeter shelves. Named depth for tins and boxes. A lip if it walks. Pegboard for tools if specified. Panel layout is the bay. Empty grooves to leftover millimetres are not accessory slots — faceout spacing.
One sample height. A tin or tray you can open — not every SKU as a tower in the door — layout, nested tables, island vs perimeter. A tasting table is a named leftover width, not a second warehouse.
Wrap that packs. Small bags, leftover width — cash wrap, queue space. Impulse is a tray of tags, not a second tin wall on the till — impulse. Cafe-retail hybrid if you also pour: the pour is not the shop wall.
Tickets. Unpriced tins are not merchandising — price tickets.
Window: one story in the glass. Gondola usually splits 40 sqm. Back of house: leftover tins off the floor. Humidity: we do not invent a warranty. Landlord may own the demising wall.
Kitchenware is the awkward-SKU sibling: named depth, remaining walk.
When wall vs table
| Job | Tin wall | Sample / table |
|---|---|---|
| SKU density | Strong — named depth | Weak as a forest |
| Open / story | Weak | One height |
| 40 sqm | Must work on the wall | One or none |
| Pour if cafe | — | Named leftover, not the door |
Common mistakes
- Every tin in the first two metres.
- Tasting table in the door.
- No tickets.
- Grocery-deep bays.
What belongs on the quotation
- Shelf depth — millimetres on the quote.
- Sample count — usually one height.
- Remaining walk after the tin.
- Wrap that packs small bags.
- Language of the document, Thai or English.
Send shop type and whether you pour. That is enough to specify a wall instead of a tin forest.
Tins on the wall, one sample, walk left
If you are fitting a tea 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 every tin sit on the floor?
- No. One sample height. Density on the perimeter.
- Tasting table in the door?
- No. Named leftover width after decompression. Remaining walk on the quotation.
- Do tins still need price tickets?
- Yes. Unpriced facing is not merchandising.
- Cafe pour as the shop wall?
- No. The pour is a named leftover if you have a cafe. The wall still holds tins.
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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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