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The NHS at 70 - A revolutionary institution and GS1 UK’s impact

Britain’s universal healthcare system celebrates its 70th birthday today.

GS1 product identifiers powering eBay’s product reviews – and your sales!

eBay buyers can now shop with greater confidence as product reviews are starting to be rolled out in the UK. Now that sellers have added unique product identifier’s to their listings, eBay is able to aggregate product data from across 

GS1 asks industry to help develop guidelines for online product images

GS1 is looking for brands and retailers to help create guidelines for a standard way of displaying product images online More and more people today are using their smartphones and tablets to do their online shopping and product comparison.

Harnessing the power of mobile for SME success

In this webinar we take a whistle-stop tour through Appland with consultant, Gerry White, and take in the sites and sounds that SME owners should appreciate when going mobile. In the course of his presentation, Gerry goes through:

Major developments in the retail revolution for all

The last two months have been very impactful for GS1 UK. After a consultation period that began with the Digital DNA programme and a charter signed by 12 leading grocery retailers and

An introduction to the e-exporting programme

In this webinar, Ed Donald of the Department of International Trade (DIT) takes us on a step-by-step tour of the government’s initiative for promoting UK-based SMEs abroad. During the course of the webinar you will:

Webinar: Expanding globally in ecommerce - VAT and localisation

If you're looking to go cross-border, catch up on this essential webinar from GS1 UK, together with Simply VAT and InterCultural Elements(ICE). The first part of

Let’s talk Product Schema

Structured data is an important area for GS1 and is the foundation of our GS1 SmartSearch standard This topic was high on the agenda at this year’s BrightonSEO eCommerce Summit, with Katherine Khoo, Managing Director at 

What eBay’s product-based shopping experience will mean for sellers

GS1 UK recently hosted a webinar with our partner Optiseller, about some important changes on the eBay platform. Ashley Maroney, Director of Partnerships at Optiseller, provided some essential insights to help sellers prepare for the new product-ba

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