Opening a new retail location involves more than creating a great storefront. It’s about creating a space that feels organized, branded, and easy to navigate. With Many Hands Thrift Market preparing to welcome shoppers to its newest Jordan Creek location, Signarama Ankeny was excited to help bring the new store to life with a comprehensive collection of custom exterior and interior signs and graphics.

From highly visible building signs to department identification, parking signs, donation signs, and custom wall graphics, our team helped create a cohesive signage package designed around the needs of the new retail location.

Building Signs Give the New Location a Strong Presence

Exterior building signage is one of the first things customers notice when arriving at a new business location. Clear, professional signage helps customers identify a business, find the location, and recognize the brand from a distance.

For Many Hands Thrift Market’s new Jordan Creek store, Signarama Ankeny provided custom building signs to establish a strong and highly visible presence for the new location.

With a new store, exterior signage plays an important role in helping customers recognize the business and find their way to the new location. The completed building signs provide a prominent visual identity for Many Hands Thrift Market while welcoming shoppers to the store.

Donation Parking Signs Make Drop-Offs Easier

Signage can also help organize specific areas of a property and make it easier for customers to know where to go.

For the new Many Hands Thrift Market location, Signarama Ankeny produced “Donation Parking Only” signs to clearly identify designated spaces for customers dropping off donations. Clearly marked donation parking helps separate these spaces from general customer parking and makes the drop-off process easier.

For thrift stores, retail businesses, and other organizations that receive customer donations or deliveries, dedicated parking signs can be a simple but effective addition to the overall property signage.

Donation Signs Give Customers the Information They Need

Donation signage was another important part of the Many Hands Thrift Market project. Because donations are a key part of the thrift store experience, customers need clear information about when and what they can donate.

Signarama Ankeny created donation signs that display the hours Many Hands accepts donations, along with information about the types of items they will and will not accept. Having these details clearly displayed helps customers know what to expect before dropping off their items and can make the donation process more convenient for everyone.

For thrift stores, nonprofits, and other organizations that accept donations, well-designed informational signage can help answer common questions at a glance while keeping the donation area organized and easy to navigate.

Hanging Department Signs Make the Store Easier to Navigate

Inside the new store, customers encounter a wide variety of merchandise. Helping shoppers quickly find the department they're looking for was another key component of the signage project.

Signarama Ankeny produced hanging PVC department signs for areas throughout the store, including departments such as clothing, home decor, and other merchandise categories.

The hanging signs provide clear visual identification while helping organize the retail environment. Customers can quickly see where different types of merchandise are located, making the shopping experience more convenient and intuitive.

Interior department signage can be particularly valuable in large retail spaces where customers may be browsing multiple sections or looking for something specific.

Custom Wall Graphics Add Visual Impact

To further bring the Many Hands Thrift Market brand into the interior of the store, Signarama Ankeny also created custom wall graphics.

Wall graphics offer businesses an opportunity to turn otherwise unused wall space into an engaging part of the customer experience. They can reinforce a brand, add personality to an environment, communicate messages, or simply make a space feel more finished and inviting.

For a retail environment like Many Hands Thrift Market, interior graphics can help create a memorable atmosphere while complementing the other signage throughout the store.

A Complete Signage Package for a New Retail Store

This project is a great example of how different types of signage can work together to support an entire customer journey.

For Many Hands Thrift Market's new Jordan Creek location, Signarama Ankeny provided:

Custom building signs for exterior storefront visibility
Parking signs to help customers navigate the property
Donation signs displaying donation hours and accepted and unaccepted items
Hanging PVC department signs to help organize merchandise and guide shoppers throughout the space
Custom wall graphics to enhance the interior environment

Each type of sign serves a different purpose, but together they create a more cohesive and functional experience for shoppers.

Exterior building signs help customers find the store. Parking signs help them navigate the property. Donation signs provide direction for people dropping off items. Department signs help shoppers find what they're looking for inside. Wall graphics extend the brand throughout the interior.

That's the value of looking at signage as a complete system rather than as individual signs.

Custom Signage for Businesses in the Des Moines Area

Every business has different signage requirements. A new retail store may need a combination of building signs, parking signs, donation signs, department signs, wayfinding, and interior graphics. An office may need lobby signs and directional signage. A restaurant may need exterior branding, interior graphics, menu displays, and promotional signs.

Signarama is a full-service signage partner offering custom signs and visual solutions designed around the needs of individual businesses. Our capabilities include exterior branding, interior branding, wall graphics, window graphics, wayfinding signage, banners, vehicle graphics, and more.

Our brand is built around helping businesses and communities succeed through effective signs and visual solutions, with a focus on being a trusted local partner.

Whether a business is opening a new location, remodeling an existing space, expanding its brand, or simply looking for better ways to communicate with customers, the right signage can make a meaningful difference.

Helping Many Hands Thrift Market Welcome the Community

We're excited to have been part of the expansion of Many Hands Thrift Market and to have helped prepare the new Jordan Creek location for shoppers.

From the exterior building signs to the parking and donation signs, hanging department signs, and custom wall graphics, this project allowed our team to provide signage solutions throughout the customer experience.

Congratulations to Many Hands Thrift Market on its new Jordan Creek location! Thank you for trusting Signarama Ankeny with this project. We're proud to have played a part in this exciting milestone and wish the Many Hands Thrift Market team continued success in serving the Des Moines-area community.