Hanging product divider and pusher systems and methods for dividing, pushing and/or dispensing one or more retail products

A hanging merchandising product divider and pusher system for dispensing retail products, the hanging system comprising:

• a first divider having a length defined between a front end and a rear end, a first height defined between a top end and a bottom end of the first divider located adjacent to the rear end of the first divider, and a second height defined between the top end and the bottom end of the first divider located adjacent to the front end of the first divider;
• at least one second divider having a length defined between a front end and a rear end, a first height defined between a top end and a bottom end of the second divider located adjacent to the rear end of the second divider, and a second height defined between the top end and the bottom end of the second divider located adjacent to the front end of the second divider;
• at least one connection plate having an overall height, an overall width and an overall length that is greater than the overall height and overall width, wherein the connection plate connects the entire bottom end of the first divider to the entire bottom end of the second divider, wherein the overall height is defined between a top-side surface of the connection plate and a bottom-side surface of the connection plate located opposite with respect to the top-side surface of the connection plate, wherein the bottom-side surface of the connection plate is continuous and uninterrupted across the entire overall width and along the entire overall length of the connection plate and the top-side surface has pusher rails extending upwardly therefrom;
• at least one rear support connector connecting at least a portion of the rear end of the first divider to at least a portion of the rear end of the second divider;
• a first pocket defined by the first and second dividers, the connection plate, the rear support connector and the front ends of the first and second dividers, wherein the first pocket is sized or configured to receive one or more first retail products;
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• a pusher paddle movably connected to the connection plate between the first and second dividers, wherein the pusher paddle is directly mounted in the pusher rails that are provided on the top-side surface of the connection plate and is urged towards a front-side of the hanging system such that the pusher paddle moves the one or more first retail products towards the front-side of the hanging system, when the one or more first retail products are positioned within the first pocket of the hanging system,
• wherein the first heights of the first and second dividers located adjacent to the rear ends of the first and second dividers are greater than the second heights of the first and second dividers located adjacent to the front ends of the first and second dividers, and further wherein intermediate heights between the first and second heights of the first and second dividers continuously decrease along at least a majority of the entire lengths of the first and second dividers.