Collaborate with others to obtain products or other display items.

“Collaborate with others to obtain products or other display items.” is a core task performed by Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers. Among the occupation's 25 rated tasks, workers place it 7th by importance (#19 most important). About 81% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Communicate with others about business strategies. in Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Dress mannequins for displays. · importance 4.8
• Plan commercial displays to entice and appeal to customers. · importance 4.4
• Arrange properties, furniture, merchandise, backdrops, or other accessories, as shown in prepared sketches. · importance 4.2
• Change or rotate window displays, interior display areas, or signage to reflect changes in inventory or promotion. · importance 4.2
• Place prices or descriptive signs on backdrops, fixtures, merchandise, or floor. · importance 4.1
• Consult with store managers, buyers, sales associates, housekeeping staff, or engineering staff to determine appropriate placement of displays or products. · importance 4.0
• Maintain props, products, or mannequins, inspecting them for imperfections, doing touch-ups, cleaning up after customers, or applying preservative coatings as necessary. · importance 4.0
• Supervise or train staff members on daily tasks, such as visual merchandising. · importance 3.9
• Develop ideas or plans for merchandise displays or window decorations. · importance 3.9
• Assemble or set up displays, furniture, or products in store space, using colors, lights, pictures, or other accessories to display the product. · importance 3.9
• Store, pack, and maintain inventory records of props, products, or display items. · importance 3.8
• Select themes, lighting, colors, or props to be used. · importance 3.8
• Install booths, exhibits, displays, carpets, or drapes, as guided by floor plan of building or specifications. · importance 3.8
• Use computers to produce signage. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-9271,
  title  = {Collaborate with others to obtain products or other display items.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-9271}
}