Published: 20 June 2026 Category: Safety Footwear, Trade Workwear, Merchant News Image: 05_reference-images/2026/06/2026-06-20/02-new-pos-unveiled-by-bobcat-safety-footwear-to-support-m-1.jpg Image credit: Bobcat Safety Footwear / Professional Builders Merchant (reference only)
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Title tag: Bobcat Safety Footwear New Point-of-Sale Displays for UK Builders Merchants Meta description: Bobcat Safety Footwear has introduced new in-store display boards to help UK builders merchants communicate its safety footwear range to tradespeople at the counter. Slug: bobcat-safety-footwear-new-pos-displays-uk-merchants-2026
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Bobcat Safety Footwear has introduced a new set of point-of-sale display boards for UK builders merchants, designed to communicate the full range of its safety footwear portfolio at the point of purchase.
The new display hardware is described as impactful in presentation and structured to help merchant staff and counter teams handle questions about Bobcat's range more confidently. For merchants stocking safety footwear alongside their broader PPE offering, the displays provide a visual reference that sits next to the product rather than relying on staff knowledge alone.
Safety footwear buying is, for most tradespeople, a practical decision made quickly. A carpenter picking up timber at the counter is not going to spend twenty minutes researching boot specs in a catalogue. What they see on the shelf or the display board, and what the person behind the counter can tell them, is often what determines the purchase. Bobcat's investment in display hardware reflects that reality.
The Bobcat Safety Footwear range covers a spread of safety classifications under EN ISO 20345, the European and UK standard for occupational footwear. The standard defines protection levels from basic toe protection through to composite midsole and ankle support variants suited to groundwork, plant operation, and roofing. The specific products featured in the new displays have not been individually listed, but the range is understood to cover both general site and specialist trade applications.
The displays follow a period of range expansion for Bobcat Safety Footwear, with the brand working to build distribution through the builders merchant network rather than relying exclusively on specialist PPE suppliers.
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What does EN ISO 20345 mean for safety boot buyers?
EN ISO 20345 is the standard that determines what a pair of safety boots can actually do. The minimum requirement is 200-joule toe protection, which is roughly equivalent to the impact of a 20-kilogram object falling from one metre. Higher classifications add sole penetration resistance for nail work, ankle support, slip resistance ratings, and electrical hazard protection. When a merchant display shows a Bobcat boot marked SB, S1, S2, or S3, those letters tell you exactly what protection category the boot falls into and what hazards it is rated to handle.
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