Sector
DIY and hardware
Specifications matter more than price alone, the ranges are deep, and a good part of the shop is a yard. The shelf edge has to carry detail and survive weather.
What is different here
Deep ranges, technical buyers, outdoor bays
A customer buying timber, fixings or paint needs dimensions, coverage and compatibility at the shelf. Ranges run to thousands of lines with slow-moving tails, so paper tickets drift out of date quietly. And the forecourt, yard and covered outdoor areas are a different environment from the aisle.
Label mix
Detail at the shelf, weather in the yard
Specified against the product and the bay, not the store. All of these run on one platform and one price file.
- Nebular-2662.66"
Fixings, fasteners and dense small-part bays.
- Nebular-3463.46"
The highest DPI in the family — fine print and dense multi-line specification.
- Nebular-4204.2"
Specification-heavy shelf edge: coverage, dimensions and compatibility.
- Nebular-7507.5"
Bay headers, timber racks and end-of-aisle promotional formats.
Half the shop is outside
Yard and forecourt
Covered outdoor bays need IP68-rated labels and fixings specified for temperature swing rather than a heated aisle.
Heavy and awkward stock
Timber racks, sheet materials and bagged goods rarely present a standard shelf edge — brackets get made rather than forced.
Deep tail ranges
Thousands of slow-moving lines where a wrong paper ticket can sit unnoticed for months.
Trade and retail pricing
Two audiences at one shelf edge, handled in the template rather than with a second ticket.
What changes in the first month
Typical order of impact for a diy and hardware estate moving from paper to a digital shelf edge.
- Slow-moving tailStops drifting out of date unnoticed
- Trade and retail priceBoth handled in one template
- Yard baysRated labels instead of laminated paper
- Timber and sheet racksBespoke brackets rather than forced fixings
- Coverage and dimensionsSit on the label, not on a printed sheet
The other side of the shelf
Paint centres and merchandising towers
We build the paint mixing centres, moulding towers and heavy-duty merchandising units these stores run on — including the Dulux Weathershield try-before-you-buy centre and the Cheshire Mouldings tower.
See what we make →Project
Dulux Weathershield
Further reading for this sector
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Convenience Store Fit-Out Ireland: What to Consider Before You Refit
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Hardware Store Display Solutions Ireland: Shelving, Signage & ESL
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Paint Display Stands Ireland: A Guide for DIY & Hardware Retailers
18 August 2026 · 1 min
Retail Fit-Out Ireland: Costs, Process & What to Expect in 2026
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