The Design of the Times competition celebrates the best instore displays and digital activations, recognizing their crucial role in successful shopper marketing initiatives. Great Northern Instore is delighted to have 12 of our merchandising solutions as finalists in the Design of the Times competition. Read More…
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Great Northern Instore at 2018 Path to Purchase Expo
Great Northern Instore will be a sponsor and exhibitor at the Path to Purchase Expo, October 2 – 4, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Join us to see the latest instore merchandising innovations.
White Paper on Retail Environments
Great Northern Instore continually assesses retail environments and shopper insights and applies them to merchandising strategies at retail. Read our latest findings in Proof Positive: Instore Merchandising is Impactful! that shares shopper buying behaviors and preferences, and offers best practices to make a bigger impact instore.
Video: Our Retail Relationships Help You Win
View this video to see how we help our customers win at retail by utilizing strong relationships with major retailers.
Contact us to speak to a retail expert and learn how we do what others can’t or won’t.
Great Northern Instore & United DisplayCraft awarded 12 OMA’s
The OMA Awards Competition is the premier award show recognizing the most innovative and effective in-store and point of purchase displays. We are pleased to have captured a total of 12 awards in the temporary, semi-permanent, and permanent categories. Read More…
See our Expanded Capabilities at GlobalShop
Great Northern Instore and United Displaycraft, A Great Northern Instore Company, are excited to exhibit its full range of retail merchandising display solutions at GlobalShop 2018! Stop by Booths 1218 and 725 to speak with our creative team and merchandising experts and see our full range of temporary, semi-permanent, permanent and interactive display capabilities.
To learn more or register for GlobalShop, go to www.globalshop.org.
A Commitment to Solar Power Pays Dividends
In 2010, Rich Carrigan, then President of United Displaycraft, decided to take on a significant energy conservation initiative by implementing a solar array installation at its manufacturing facility in Des Plaines, IL. The solar solution was easy, maintenance-free, and provided such a quick return on investment that he decided to ‘double-down’ and expand capability in 2014. It was the largest solar array installation in the state of Illinois. The investment in solar has paid for itself multiple times over. Read More…
Two Great Brands Together
With a commitment to help customers succeed at retail, Great Northern is pleased to announce an expansion and growth initiative through the acquisition of United Displaycraft (Chicago, IL), a leader in permanent and interactive displays, effective January 1, 2018. Through this acquisition, Great Northern Instore increases its capabilities and creative expertise to include a full range of temporary, semi-permanent, permanent and interactive retail merchandising solutions.
2017 Holiday Trends at Retail
Great Northern Instore hosted a webinar that shared the latest holiday retail insights and trends. During the hustle and bustle of this season, our team was busy capturing the latest festive retail activations.
We have frequented mass, grocery, drug, and other retail environments. The best activations come from solid insights.
Pet Trends at Retail
Shopper insights are critical to developing winning retail programs. Our team has been carefully observing and documenting instore activations, focused on the dynamic pet category. We have visited PetSmart and Petco stores, as well as mass retailers.
To share our learnings, we hosted a webinar on Tuesday, 12/12/2017.
Click here to view a recording of the Pet Trends at Retail Webinar