Shelving and how products are placed on shelving is an important consideration of retail design. It is recommended to put your best selling and most costly items at eye level.

Some companies may even give you better deals on product buys if you promise them key position on the shelf. When there are different sizes of the same product, they should be lined up biggest to smallest left to right. This is due to the fact that people’s eyes naturally go to the left first since we read left to right.

By putting your bigger products on the left you are more likely to have customers take the bigger size, which makes you more sales. Vacant space should be reduced because it wastes valuable space in your business and does not look good.

Your shelves should be placed with just enough space above the products to reach them comfortably, there should not be a lot of empty space between shelves. If there is too much space, the visual effect of the products on the shelf is watered down. It is also important to have plenty of stock on the shelf to create a visual impact.