At this scale, install time per bay is the whole business case.
A merchandising change that takes twenty minutes a bay is a different project across four hundred stores than one that takes a minute. Repeatability, freight and install time decide a big box programme long before the fixture specification does.
The constraint
Multiply everything by the store count, then decide.
Every decision in a chain programme carries a multiplier. Ten extra minutes per bay becomes weeks of labour. An assembled fixture instead of a knocked-down one becomes a freight line nobody budgeted for. A finish that cannot be matched in phase three becomes a floor that looks patched.
That is why NuPanel exists. Retrofitting the gondolas already on the floor — replacing the pegboard back with 1″ aluminum slatwall in about a minute a bay, with a clip system and no drilling — fits inside overnight windows and leaves the structure you already own in place.
Where new fixtures are genuinely needed, they ship knocked down for the same reason: at four hundred stores, freight volume is a real number.
What we usually specify
Chain programmes- Primary route
- NuPanel gondola retrofit
- Install time
- Approximately 1 minute per section
- Fits
- 36″ and 48″ gondola widths
- Retrofit heights
- 12″
- 24″
- 36″ (6″ increments)
- End caps
- 14.5″ / 36″ / 48″W × 48″ / 60″ / 72″H
- Capacity
- Over 50 lbs per linear foot
- Freight
- Fixtures ship knocked down
- Certification
- LEED certified aluminum, 50%+ recycled
What we would specify
Retrofit where you can, replace where you must.
Most big box floors have far more sound gondola structure than they have failing fixtures.
NuPanel Retrofit
Drops into 36″ and 48″ gondolas, replacing pegboard with 1″ aluminum slatwall in about a minute a bay.
NuPanel specifications
Display Fixtures
H, L, T and Pinwheel frames on casters, ships knocked down, built from the same panels as the wall.
Four configurations
Aluminum Slatwall
Spacings from 1″ to 3″ on center, LEED certified, 50%+ recycled, seamless 8′ hidden-fastener runs.
Aluminum specificationsDetail that matters here
Three things a chain programme has to get right.
Consistency across phases
Finishing is done in our own plant rather than subcontracted, so later phases are matched against the same in-house process. Flag it at quoting stage and we plan the runs for it.
Pilot before commitment
One store, measured over a trading period, tells you more than any projection. We would rather price a pilot than talk you into a chain.
Site-by-site variation
Bulkheads and column positions differ. Custom lengths and heights are routine, so a programme can run one standard spec plus a handful of variants.
Good to know
Common questions from big box retail buyers
Related products
Ready to start
Give us the store count and the phasing.
We will plan production against it and price a pilot store first, so the chain is committed on measured evidence rather than a forecast.