Andrea Magrini Inside CAEM: An Interview with Managing Director and Owner, Andy Magrini Interview with Andy Magrini, Managing Director and Owner of CAEM With more than 25 years’ experience in retail fixtures and manufacturing, Andrea (“Andy”) Magrini has lived every corner of the busines... Dec 30, 2025 News
Andrea Magrini Ardente shelf lighting Walk any store and you’ll see it: some bays feel alive, others don’t. The product is the same, the prices are similar, but one area pulls you in and another you just walk past. Very often, the differe... Dec 30, 2025 News
Andrea Magrini Accessories that do the heavy lifting If you walk enough UK stores, you quickly see a pattern: the problem isn’t usually the shelving system itself. It’s what’s missing from it. Small items sliding around, tall products falling over, mess... Dec 30, 2025 News
Andrea Magrini Dark stores and rapid fulfilment Dark stores and back rooms don’t get the Instagram treatment. There are no mood boards for “picking aisles”. But if you run online fulfilment or high‑volume back‑of‑house operations, you know this: mo... Dec 30, 2025 News
Andrea Magrini POP, POS and lighting that sell If you only look at cost, POP (point of purchase) and POS (point of sale) units look like “nice to have” extras: something marketing dreamt up, something you buy as cheaply as you can and throw into t... Dec 30, 2025 News
Andrea Magrini Colour, finishes and brand Too many retailers still think of shelving as a commodity: metal boxes you can buy anywhere, as long as they’re roughly the right size and cheap enough. The reality is very different. Shelving is the ... Dec 30, 2025 News
Andrea Magrini Lead times and reliability In theory, lead times are just numbers on a Gantt chart. In real life, they decide whether your stores open on time, your refits stay on track, and your internal sponsors keep backing your ideas. From... Dec 30, 2025 News
Andrea Magrini Technical guide to modern retail shelving In 25 years of visiting stores and reading fixture tenders, I’ve learned one uncomfortable truth: most people sign off shelving they don’t really understand. Clients rarely ask for load data. Side sta... Dec 30, 2025 News
Andrea Magrini Case files The best way to understand what CAEM does is to look at what happens when a retailer decides to make us their standard. Over the years I’ve seen three clear patterns: Once we’re embedded, formats evol... Dec 30, 2025 News
Andrea Magrini ESG in fixtures Most fixture conversations start with price, lead time and look. Very few start with carbon, waste or biodiversity. Yet fixtures sit in stores for 7–15 years, span hundreds of sites, and involve thous... Dec 30, 2025 News
Andrea Magrini Pharmacy and healthcare shelving Pharmacies and healthcare formats have a very particular kind of pressure. Every second counts at the counter. Every mistake carries risk. Space is tight, teams are stretched, regulations evolve, and ... Dec 30, 2025 News
Andrea Magrini Modular by design Every retailer is under pressure to do more with less: more formats, more categories, more change – with less capex, less time, and less tolerance for disruption. In that environment, the question isn... Dec 30, 2025 News