Store Merchandising helps create the shopping environment where:

• There is an obvious commitment by the store to encourage shoppers to use alternative ways top carry their shopping
• Shoppers understand that using plastic shopping bags is not a socially responsible in terms of their adverse impact on the environment

Store merchandising could include

• Use Bag Smart Merchandising
• Poster/ Information Brochures for customers/Stickers/ Badges/ stickers

These things aren’t merchandising It is more Creating the environment

• Offer alternative bags at the checkouts
• download sources of alternative bags list
• Offer packing boxes for customers to use
• Offer recycling bins for customers to return unwanted plastic shopping bags

Bag Smart merchandise Images

Click here to download merchandise images

Bag Smart Stickers

Bag Smart Stuffer This is a 4.6MB file and may take up to 15minutes to download if you are on a dial up connection.

Bag Smart Brochure This is a 500KB file and will take 2 to 60 seconds to download depending on your connection speed.

Bag Smart Poster This is a 1MB file and may take up to 3 minutes to download on a dial up connection.

Bag Smart Coupon

Shopping is one of the most repetitive habits to break. Customers and staff need to be reminded as often as possible in the early part of changing this habit to ensure success. Merchandising helps the change to stay at the forefront of shoppers and staff thinking
 
In Store Activities

In- house store displays adds color and excitement into store. Customers take note when retail staffs appear to be making extra effort. The following are simple suggestions that could be considered

• Displays
• Competitions
• Incentives to use alternative to Plastic Bags
• Facilities/Incentives to return plastic bags
• Activities/displays  which link with local schools

You may want to embark on these types of activities as a joint promotion with other stores in the shopping precinct