| They say if you wait long enough, a style you liked in | | | | around in a store without touching some form of |
| almost any genre will come back. This is as true for | | | | display made out of plastic. Later, it was metal |
| retail store fixtures as it is for clothing or styles of | | | | strands coated in rubbery plastic materials with |
| music. The look of the 1960s came back strong in | | | | outrageously loud colors such as bright orange |
| the early 90s and now it appears as if the 1970s are | | | | spinning book racks or yellow and red clothes |
| enjoying a renaissance. This rule of thumb applies not | | | | hangers made out of steel and coated with colored |
| only to the style and type of merchandise being sold, | | | | plastic. |
| but also to the look and feel of the retail | | | | In the retail industry as a whole, 28% of existing |
| establishments selling them. A good way for a new | | | | establishments close each year and over time almost |
| retail business to save money on start up expenses | | | | 80% of stores close up or get bought out by |
| is to do some research and find vintage store | | | | competitors. Though it's not always good news for |
| fixtures which can often be purchased for a fraction | | | | the retailer closing shop, it can be good for the new |
| of their original cost. You may find yourself in a | | | | retailer because the old fixtures most likely get sold |
| bidding war, however, as vintage store fixtures | | | | as scrap or auctioned off. If you are planning on |
| maintained in good condition are few and far | | | | opening your own retail store, start checking the local |
| between. | | | | auctions in the city where you live. If there aren't |
| At one time or another in the last 100 years or so, a | | | | enough, check the newspapers in the cities near you |
| certain look was popular in retail stores. There was | | | | and be ready to travel. If all else fails, go online and |
| an era when wood was all the rage and in another | | | | check out the auction sites. Attractive, vintage store |
| era the look of choice was brushed metal. When | | | | fixtures sometimes go unnoticed and can be |
| plastics became big business in the 1950s, everybody | | | | purchased for pennies on the dollar if they happen to |
| jumped on the bandwagon and you couldn't turn | | | | be just what you're looking for. |