Category Archives: Shopping Carts

How to Color Match New Carts With Old

Woman sitting in a pink shopping cart

As we’ve gone over many times before, your store’s shopping carts are more than merely mobile vessels for your shoppers — they are also key branding materials for your business. When thoughtfully customized, your carts help you transmit and cement your brand identity. The bright crimson carts (stamped with iconic white targets) of a certain…

4 Questions to Ask when Buying Shopping Carts and Baskets

Group of animated shopping carts

We’ve gone over many times that a store’s carts and baskets are more than merely shopping vessels — they’re marketing and branding tools as well. The shape, size, color, and logo of a business’ shopping baskets and carts say something about its brand identity in both tangible and intangible ways. This messaging ultimately has an…

Pros and Cons: Plastic Shopping Carts

A row of blue plastic shopping carts.

There are many factors to consider before purchasing new shopping carts for your store, such as how many you’ll need, how you’ll store them, where they’re manufactured, how big or small they should be, and more. But a more fundamental question underlies all of these other considerations: what are your shopping carts made of?  Generally…

How to Dispose of Old Shopping Carts After Ordering New Ones

A lone metal shopping cart sitting in the middle of the street.

If you live in a city or anywhere near a grocery or retail store, you’re bound to come across a stray shopping cart or two every now and again. You might wonder how some of these carts end up where they do — in rivers, next to train tracks, underneath overpasses, etc. The truth is,…

What to Consider Before You Buy Shopping Carts

A black metal shopping cart against a bright yellow wall.

Whether you’re opening a brand new store and need to invest in crucial supplies or you need to replace an outdated stock of carts, it’s worth putting some thought into your purchase of fresh shopping carts. After all, the satisfaction of your customers largely depends on how easily they can navigate your store and obtain…