Order it in good time before December rather than in the thick of the festive rush. The production lead time is 5 to 7 days once your artwork’s confirmed, but the run up to Christmas is the busiest window of the year, so ordering early is the difference between a lit display in the first week of December and one that arrives too late to catch the footfall.
A sensible timeline:
- Get your free mock-up sorted several weeks out, which leaves room for artwork tweaks before production starts.
- Confirm the design early, because artwork approval is usually where timelines slip, not production itself.
- Aim to have the piece up by late November, so it’s working through the whole December trading period.
The reason to be early is simple: the value of a festive window is the December footfall it catches, and every week it’s not up is footfall missed during your busiest month. A Custom LED Signs piece or a lit window box that arrives on the 20th of December has missed most of the point.
If you’re kitting out more than one site, order the set together, both to keep the branding consistent and because orders over £1,000 qualify for preferential trade pricing.
The one line takeaway: treat festive signage like festive stock, order it before the rush, not during it.
Start early with a free mock-up so your window’s ready in time.