MERCHANDISE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND UNIT

A unit for a merchandise display system, comprising: a support surface for supporting a plurality of merchandise items in a first orientation and defining a travel path for said plurality of merchandise items to a display receptacle, said support surface configured to urge said plurality of merchandise items to said display receptacle; a display receptacle coupled to a dispensing end of said support surface and comprising: a transfer region for transferring at least a front-most merchandise item of said plurality of merchandise items from said support surface to a display region and reorienting said at least front-most merchandise item from said first orientation to a second, display orientation during transfer; and a display region for receiving said at least front-most merchandise item from said support surface and for holding said front-most merchandise item in said display orientation in which a display surface of said merchandise item is upright.