What is POP display assembly?

POP (point-of-purchase) display assembly is building a retail display from its components and filling it with product so it arrives at the store ready to set: pallet displays, PDQ trays, endcaps and floor stands, sidekicks and clip strips, and club store displays. Productiv receives the display components and your product, assembles and fills each unit to the planogram, applies retailer labeling, and ships it.

What is the difference between POP display assembly and POP display fulfillment?

Assembly is the build: constructing and filling the display. Fulfillment is everything after: storing finished units, allocating them by store or DC, labeling per the routing guide, transmitting the ASN, and shipping against the in-store date. Most display assemblers stop at their dock and hand the units to a freight forwarder. Productiv does both on the same floor — we ship what we build.

What types of displays do you assemble?

Pallet displays (full and half pallet), PDQ trays and counter displays, endcaps and corrugated floor stands, sidekicks, power wings, and clip strips, club store pallet and tray displays for Costco and Sam's Club, gift card displays, and seasonal and promotional units. Permanent and semi-permanent displays are assembled and loaded the same way.

What is a pallet display?

A pallet display is a merchandising unit built on a pallet base, loaded with product, wrapped, and shipped as one piece so the store can roll it onto the floor and sell from it without restocking shelves. Club stores and mass retailers use full- and half-pallet displays for seasonal and promotional programs. Productiv assembles the display, loads the product in the configuration the retailer specifies, corner-boards and wraps it, labels the pallet, and ships it to the store or DC.

What is a PDQ display?

A PDQ (pretty darn quick) display is a shelf-ready tray or counter unit that arrives pre-filled, so the store cuts the shipper open and places it on the shelf or counter. PDQ programs are planogram-driven: a set face count, a set product mix, and a tray and case label. Productiv fills PDQ trays to the planogram, shrink-wraps or lids them, cases them, and ships them to stores or distribution centers.

Can you build club store displays for Costco and Sam's Club?

Yes. Club pallet and tray programs are built to each club's display specs — pallet height, overhang, corner boards, stretch wrap, placards, and labeling — and shipped to the club's depots or warehouses against the routing guide. Our Costco vendor compliance guide covers the requirements a club pallet program has to clear before the first PO.

Do you design or manufacture displays?

No. We work with your display designer or manufacturer. Components arrive from them, flat or knocked down, and we assemble, fill, label, and ship. If you need a display built, we can point you to manufacturers we work with regularly.

Do you ship the displays you build?

Yes — that is the point of the page. Displays ship from the same docks as the rest of your retail and DTC orders: store-direct by parcel or LTL against the in-store date, palletized to retailer and club distribution centers against the PO and appointment window, or held in the building and released by wave when the reset opens.

How does retail compliance work for display programs?

The same way it works for every retail PO we ship. Retailer-specific case and pallet labels, GS1-128 barcodes, and EDI 856 ASNs are applied and transmitted on the display line. Productiv has pre-wired EDI connections and label templates for 60+ retailers, and if a compliance error is ours, the chargeback credit is ours too.

How quickly can you turn a display program?

We plan backward from your in-store date. Once components and product are in the building, the First Article is built and approved, and the line runs at the pace the reset requires. Rush programs are possible when materials are in hand; the constraint is almost always component arrival, not assembly capacity.

Where do you build and ship displays?

From our Dallas 3PL campus in Grapevine, TX — two Class A buildings, more than 500,000 square feet, minutes from DFW International Airport — and from our Charlotte, NC campus for the East Coast. Both run on the same WMS and the same account team structure, so a national program can be split by region or run from one node.

How is display assembly priced?

Per display built, not per hour — the same per-unit model Productiv uses for all kitting and assembly work. Fulfillment is quoted separately per shipment or per pallet. Per-unit pricing means our incentive is to build faster and more accurately, not to bill more time.

Can you combine display assembly with the rest of our retail fulfillment?

Yes, and it is the reason brands move display programs to us. The product that fills your displays sits in the same inventory pool as the product that fills your retail POs and DTC orders. Displays are built beside the pallets that carry them to the retailer, so there is no transfer between vendors, no re-count, and one team accountable for the in-store date.

What happens to leftover components and returned displays?

Unused components are stored for the next wave or returned to you. Returned or damaged displays can be inspected, salvaged, and reworked, and good product is restocked into your inventory.

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Solutions/POP Display Assembly & Fulfillment: We Ship What We Build

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POP Display Assembly & Fulfillment: We Ship What We Build

Most display assemblers hand your finished units to a freight forwarder. Productiv builds pallet displays, PDQ trays, sidekicks, endcaps, and club store displays on the same floor that ships your retail POs — so the display is built, loaded, labeled, and on a truck to the store or DC without a second vendor. We ship what we build.

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VENDOR_SCORECARD // FORMULA

Build

Display assembly to planogram

Ship

Display fulfillment, store-direct or to the DC

Comply

Retail compliance built into the line

Displays on the floor by the reset date

Built, loaded, labeled, and shipped by one team

POP display assembly and fulfillment is the work of taking a brand's display components and product, building the finished point-of-purchase display — pallet display, PDQ tray, endcap, sidekick, or club store display — to the retailer's planogram, and then shipping it to stores or distribution centers against the retailer's routing guide. Productiv does both steps on one floor in Dallas and Charlotte, inside the same operation that kits 30M+ units a year and ships into 100+ retailers.

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Build: Display assembly to planogram

Display components arrive flat or knocked down with your product. We assemble, fill, and seal every unit against the planogram, with a First Article approved by your team before the full run.

Pallet displays (full and half pallet)

Assembled, loaded, shrink-wrapped, and corner-boarded as one shippable unit — the format club stores and mass retailers want on the floor the day it arrives.

PDQ trays and counter displays

Shelf-ready and counter PDQ trays filled to the planogram face count, shrink-wrapped or lidded, with tray and case labels applied.

Endcaps and floor displays

Knocked-down corrugated floor stands and endcap displays built, filled, and packed so store associates can set them without tools.

Sidekicks, power wings, and clip strips

Aisle and checkout units assembled and pre-loaded, hooks and strips included, ready to hang.

Club store displays

Costco and Sam's Club pallet and tray programs built to each club's display specs, pallet heights, and labeling, with product loaded in the configuration the club warehouse expects.

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Ship: Display fulfillment, store-direct or to the DC

Finished displays leave from the same docks as your parcel and pallet orders. Store-direct distribution, retailer DC appointments, mixed-display orders, and built units held until the reset window opens.

Store-direct display distribution

Displays allocated by store list, labeled per door, and shipped parcel or LTL against the in-store date.

Retailer DC and club pallet programs

Palletized displays shipped to retailer and club distribution centers against the routing guide, the appointment window, and the PO.

Build ahead, hold, release

Build before the reset, hold finished displays in the building, and release by region or wave so stores set them the same week.

Refills and replenishment

Tray and display refills picked from the same inventory pool that fed the original build — no second vendor, no transfer.

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Comply: Retail compliance built into the line

Retailer-specific labeling, GS1-128 case and pallet labels, EDI 856 ASNs, and routing-guide checks happen on the display line, not after the chargeback arrives.

Routing guides and labeling

Pre-wired EDI connections and label templates for 60+ retailers, so a display program ships against the routing guide from the first PO.

Club pallet specifications

Pallet height, overhang, corner boards, stretch wrap, and placard rules for Costco and Sam's Club pallet programs checked before the pallet leaves the line.

ASNs and chargeback prevention

EDI 856 ASNs transmitted inside the retailer's window. Our error, our credit — with the root cause fixed.

First Article approval

ProQuality, our operator-built quality tool, routes photos of the first built display to your team for sign-off before the run.

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Production Planner, Buzzy Seeds

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How Productiv Delivers

This service is delivered through the Productiv Network—Dallas as the hub, Charlotte and Reno as the spokes—not sold as a standalone rate-card item. We engineer the system itself, improving performance as you scale.

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Kitting and assembly services: the kitting side of a display program

Gift sets, bundles, and subscription kits built by the same operators who load your displays — 30M+ kits a year, priced per unit.

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Club pallet programs, retailer display compliance, and where we build

Display programs fail at the DC door more often than on the line. These guides cover the retailer rules a display has to clear, and the two campuses the displays ship from.

Club and mass retail compliance

Costco Vendor Compliance

What a Costco pallet display program has to clear: pallet specs, labeling, routing, and the deductions that follow a miss.

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Walmart OTIF & Routing Guide

Display and PDQ shipments into Walmart DCs measured on the same OTIF scorecard as every other PO.

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Target ASN & Compliance

ASN accuracy and labeling for seasonal display programs shipping into Target.

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GS1 Labeling for Retail

GS1-128 case and pallet labels for displays: what goes on the label and where it goes on the unit.

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Where we build and ship displays

Dallas 3PL: display assembly and fulfillment in Grapevine, TX

Two Class A buildings, 500,000+ square feet, minutes from DFW Airport — the network hub for display builds shipping to the whole country.

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Charlotte 3PL: display builds for the East Coast

The East campus: display assembly and retail distribution for the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, with container receiving for port imports.

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Major retailer EDI & compliance

Retailer onboarding, EDI connections for 60+ retailers, and chargeback prevention in depth.

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Success Stories

Walmart gift card displays, built under a financial-controls audit

A retail program agency runs its Walmart gift card display assembly and distribution through Productiv. The program has to pass Walmart's financial controls audit, so chain of custody, counts, and sealed-unit verification are built into the display line rather than added after the fact — and the finished displays ship from the same floor.

A tool manufacturer keeps its factory lines on product

A hardware and tool manufacturer's production lines were never designed for display builds. Productiv takes the seasonal PDQ and retail display work off the plant floor, builds to planogram, and ships to retail, so the factory keeps running the product it was built for.

Seasonal resets for a personal care brand

A personal care brand brings Productiv its retail display and PDQ assembly for seasonal resets. Displays are built against the reset date and shipped so stores set them on time, from the same inventory that fills the brand's retail POs.

Seasonal retail kits for Target and Macy's

A global marketing agency runs its seasonal kit programs for Target and Macy's through Productiv — multi-retailer execution where each retailer's labeling, ASN, and routing-guide rules are applied on the same line the kits are built on.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about pop display assembly & fulfillment: we ship what we build

Retail display deadline coming up?

Tell us the display type, the retailer, and the in-store date. We'll be straight about fit, and if it works, we build and ship it from the same floor. An operator replies within 24 hours.

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