Retail Digital: Sluggish store sales for many retailers have resulted in boom times for store fitters, who are benefiting from aggressive new store construction and existing store retrofitting strategies.
"Things are pretty darn good," said Klein Merriman, executive director of the NASFM (National Association of Store Fixture Manufacturers, now known as the Retail Environments Association). "This is the fourth year in a row that we're looking at double-digit sales."
The approximately 800 member companies of the NASFM provide store fixtures, visual presentation products, retail design services, or materials and equipment used by retailers to shelve, display or promote their merchandise. As top retailers compete more aggressively for the public's attention, they need to change and add these items more frequently.
