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In one implementation, a jewelry product display system includes jewelry display cases having translucent panels and product displayed on top of, rather than inside, the display cases. In certain embodiments the display cases may be laid out so that customer can approach both sides of the display ca

In one implementation, a jewelry product display system includes jewelry display cases having translucent panels and product displayed on top of, rather than inside, the display cases. In certain embodiments the display cases may be laid out so that customer can approach both sides of the display case. In some implementations the display cases are arranged to form, when viewed from above, two L-shaped counters that face one another with a low central island positioned between the L-shaped jewelry display counters. In various embodiments this arrangement may increase the sales rate by making product more readily accessible to customers while at the same time keeping theft rates low by mimicking a traditional jewelry environment, which customers may associate with intensified security monitoring, and by creating a shopping environment which is relatively tightly contained, which may tend to deter shoplifting.

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1. A display system comprising: a first counter having a lower base portion and an upper display portion, the upper display portion of the first counter comprising translucent panels, the first counter including a portion extending along a first horizontal longitudinal axis and a portion extending a

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A display system comprising: a first counter having a lower base portion and an upper display portion, the upper display portion of the first counter comprising translucent panels, the first counter including a portion extending along a first horizontal longitudinal axis and a portion extending along a first horizontal lateral axis substantially perpendicular to the first horizontal longitudinal axis;a second counter having a lower base portion and an upper display portion, the upper display portion of the second counter comprising translucent panels, the second counter including a portion extending in a second horizontal longitudinal axis and a portion extending along a second horizontal lateral axis substantially perpendicular to the second horizontal longitudinal axis, wherein the second horizontal longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the first horizontal longitudinal axis, wherein the first and second horizontal lateral axes are substantially coincident, and wherein the portions of the first and second counters that extend along the horizontal lateral axes extend toward one another and are spaced apart from one another sufficiently to permit a person to walk there between; anda third counter disposed at least partially between the portions of the first and second counters that extend along the horizontal longitudinal axes;wherein: the first counter includes a plurality of first counter sections,one of the plurality of first counter sections defines a first section of the lower base portion and the translucent panels of the first counter,the translucent panels of the first counter enclose a hollow interior having a light maintained therein such that the translucent panels of the first counter are backlit from the hollow interior of the corresponding one of the plurality of first counter sections,the translucent panels of the first counter extend around a substantial entirety of an outermost periphery of the one of the plurality of first counter sections in a manner covering a top of the first section of the lower base portion of the first counter,the first section of the lower base portion of the first counter is attached to a separately formed, single piece metal support frame including one or more legs maintaining the first section of the lower base portion spaced from and above a supporting surface,the upper display portion of the first counter includes a metal top extending over the hollow interior and four of the translucent panels, which extend around an entire periphery of the hollow interior to surround the light, such that the display system is configured to only display jewelry on a side of the metal top opposite the four of the translucent panels of the first counter, andthe metal top includes a plurality of uniformly shaped sockets to receive a plurality of differently configured jewelry display racks that have downwardly extending portions configured to mate with the sockets. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the third counter is substantially completely disposed between the portions of the first and second counters that extend along the horizontal longitudinal axes. 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the third counter is substantially completely disposed between the portions of the first and second counters extending along the horizontal lateral axes and a system boundary linearly defined between opposing ends of the portions of the first and second counters extending along the horizontal longitudinal axes. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the third counter portion has a display surface at a height substantially less than a substantial portion of the display surface of the first or second counter. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second counters have jewelry displayed thereon. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the third counter has jewelry displayed thereon. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the third counter includes an upper display portion and a lower base portion. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the upper display portion of the third counter includes translucent panels which are backlit from an internal cavity of the third counter. 9. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of first counter sections has a rectangularly shaped top surface, a first group of the plurality of separate sections are arranged to define the first counter, the second counter is formed by a plurality of second counter sections substantially identical to, but formed separately from the plurality of first counter sections. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein: the first counter and the second counter are each characterized by only being configured to display product on top of each of the first and second counters,each of the translucent panels is frosted. 11. A display system comprising: a first counter having a lower base portion and an upper display portion, the upper display portion of the first counter comprising translucent panels, the first counter including a portion extending along a first horizontal longitudinal axis and a portion extending along a first horizontal lateral axis substantially perpendicular to the first horizontal longitudinal axis;a second counter having a lower base portion and an upper display portion, the upper display portion of the second counter comprising translucent panels, the second counter including a portion extending in a second horizontal longitudinal axis and a portion extending along a second horizontal lateral axis substantially perpendicular to the second horizontal longitudinal axis, wherein the second horizontal longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the first horizontal longitudinal axis, wherein the first and second horizontal lateral axes are substantially coincident, and wherein the portions of the first and second counters that extend along the horizontal lateral axes extend toward one another and are spaced apart from one another sufficiently to permit a person to walk there between; anda third counter disposed at least partially between the portions of the first and second counters that extend along the horizontal longitudinal axes;wherein: each of the first and second counters have a top panel that includes a plurality of uniformly shaped sockets to receive a plurality of differently configured jewelry display racks that have downwardly extending portions configured to mate with the sockets,the translucent panels of the first counter collectively define a light chamber extending from a first outermost edge of the first counter to a second outermost edge of the first counter to cover a section of the lower base portion below the translucent panels,the second outermost edge is opposite the first outermost edge,the top panel of the first counter covers the top surface of the light box,the first counter includes a light in the light chamber to backlight the translucent panels,the translucent panels of the first counter enclose a hollow interior having a light maintained therein such that the translucent panels of the first counter are backlit from the hollow interior of the first counter,the lower base portion of the first counter is attached to a separately formed, single piece metal support frame including one or more legs maintaining the lower base portion spaced from and above a supporting surface;the top panel of the first counter extends over the hollow interior and four of the translucent panels extending around the hollow interior to surround the light,each of the translucent panels is frosted, andthe top panel is metal and includes a plurality of uniformly shaped sockets to receive a plurality of differently configured jewelry display racks that have downwardly extending portions configured to mate with the sockets such that the first counter is configured to only display jewelry on top of the top panel of the first counter. 12. The system of claim 11, further comprising the plurality of differently configured jewelry display racks each being coupled with a different corresponding one of the plurality of uniformly shaped sockets by placing the downwardly extending portion of each of the plurality of differently configured jewelry display racks into the different corresponding one of the plurality of uniformly shaped sockets. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the downwardly extending portion of each of the plurality of differently configured jewelry display racks securely fits within any one of the plurality of uniformly shaped sockets. 14. The system of claim 11, further comprising a display spinner defining a bottom surface and rods extending downwardly from the bottom surface, the display spinner being selectively coupled to the first counter via placement of the rods into corresponding ones of the plurality of uniformly shaped sockets. 15. A display system comprising: a first counter having a lower base portion and an upper display portion, the upper display portion of the first counter comprising transparent or translucent panels, the first counter including a portion extending along a first horizontal longitudinal axis and a portion extending along a first horizontal lateral axis substantially perpendicular to the first horizontal longitudinal axis;a second counter having a lower base portion and an upper display portion, the upper display portion of the second counter comprising transparent or translucent panels, the second counter including a portion extending in a second horizontal longitudinal axis and a portion extending along a second horizontal lateral axis substantially perpendicular to the second horizontal longitudinal axis, wherein the second horizontal longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the first horizontal longitudinal axis, wherein the first and second horizontal lateral axes are substantially coincident, and wherein the portions of the first and second counters that extend along the horizontal lateral axes extend toward one another and are spaced apart from one another sufficiently to permit a person to walk there between; anda third counter disposed at least partially between the portions of the first and second counters that extend along the horizontal longitudinal axes;wherein the first counter includes a corner section at the intersection of the portion of the first counter extending along the first horizontal longitudinal axis and the portion of the first counter extending along the first horizontal lateral axis, the corner section being void of the transparent or translucent panels and having an overall height less than an overall height of a remainder of the first counterwherein: one of the portions of the first counter defines the translucent panels of the first counter in a manner enclosing a hollow interior having a light maintained therein such that the translucent panels are backlit from the hollow interior of the corresponding one of the portions of the first counter,the lower base portion of the first counter is attached to a separately formed, single piece metal support frame including one or more legs maintaining the lower base portion spaced from and above a supporting surface;the upper display portion includes a metal top extending over the hollow interior and four of the translucent panels extending around an entire periphery of the hollow interior to surround the light,each of the translucent panels is frosted, andthe metal top includes a plurality of uniformly shaped sockets to receive a plurality of differently configured jewelry display racks that have downwardly extending portions configured to mate with the sockets such that the one of the portions of the first counter is configured to only display jewelry above the metal top. 16. The system of claim 15, further comprising a display spinner positioned on top of the corner section such that the display spinner extends upwardly from the top of the corner section above topmost surfaces of the first counter. 17. The system of claim 15, wherein the third counter has an overall height less than the overall height of the remainder of the first counter. 18. The system of claim 15, wherein: the portion of the first counter extending along the first horizontal longitudinal axis comprises one or more substantially identical first sections,the portion of the first counter extending along the first horizontal lateral axis comprises one or more substantially identical second sections that are each substantially identical to any one of the one or more substantially identical first sections,one of the substantially identical first sections includes the lower base portion and the upper display portion of the first counter, andthe corner section includes a corner section lower base portion, which has a substantially identical outer appearance as the lower base portion of the one of the substantially identical first sections and is caped by a top panel, the top panel forming the topmost surface of the corner section. 19. A display system comprising: a first counter having a lower base portion and an upper display portion, the upper display portion comprising translucent panels, the first counter including a portion extending along a first horizontal longitudinal axis and a portion extending along a first horizontal lateral axis substantially perpendicular to the first horizontal longitudinal axis;a second counter having a lower base portion and an upper display portion, the upper display portion comprising translucent panels, the second counter including a portion extending in a second horizontal longitudinal axis and a portion extending along a second horizontal lateral axis substantially perpendicular to the second horizontal longitudinal axis, wherein the second horizontal longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the first horizontal longitudinal axis, wherein the first and second horizontal lateral axes are substantially coincident, and wherein the portions of the first and second counters that extend along the horizontal lateral axes extend toward one another and are spaced apart from one another sufficiently to permit a person to walk there between; anda third counter disposed at least partially between the portions of the first and second counters that extend along the horizontal longitudinal axes;wherein: the first counter includes a plurality of first counter sections,one of the plurality of first counter sections defines the translucent panels of the first counter in a manner enclosing a hollow interior having a light maintained therein such that the translucent panels are backlit from the hollow interior of the corresponding one of the plurality of first counter sections,the lower base portion is attached to a separately formed, single piece metal support frame including one or more legs maintaining the lower base portion spaced from and above a supporting surface;the upper display portion includes a metal top extending over the hollow interior and four of the translucent panels extending around an entire periphery of the metal top to surround the light,each of the translucent panels is frosted, andthe metal top includes a plurality of uniformly shaped sockets to receive a plurality of differently configured jewelry display racks that have downwardly extending portions configured to mate with the sockets such that the system is configured to only display jewelry above the metal top.