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A patient safety issue surrounding the re-use of Global Trade Item Numbers
This is a joint alert from NHSX, NHS Digital, NHS Business Services Authority, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and GS1 UK in relation to GTIN re-use. It has been identified that a number of manufacturers have re-used GTINs on medicines.
Industry news
15/10/2019
eBay UK Autumn seller release 2019
The latest seller release from eBay has just been published The latest seller release from eBay has just been published.
Industry news
05/09/2019
Seller Sessions Corner – September 2019
Read the latest blog in our exclusive series with Seller Sessions, on the latest industry trends for Amazon sellers.
Industry news
03/09/2019
Seller Sessions Corner – August 2019
Read the latest blog in our exclusive series with Seller Sessions, on the latest industry trends for Amazon sellers.
Industry news
06/08/2019
GS1 UK helps Barcode Festival smash all records
GS1 UK joined with grocery brands and retailers to raise the roof at an industry-wide summer party, recognising incredible colleagues and raising funds for GroceryAid On 4 July, Barcode Festival surpassed last year’s event with 2,200 grocery colleagues enjoy
Industry news
19/07/2019
Customer loyalty consists in keeping it simple
The trick to retaining shoppers in the information age might be as easy as just listening to what they want The grocery industry is the most intensely competitive sector in UK retail, with the major players vying for a share of a market that will be worth an
Industry news
11/07/2019
Natasha’s Law will save lives but increase data demands
New legislation will require a full ingredients list on pre-packaged food labels by summer 2021 After the death of Natasha Ednan-Laprouse from a severe allergic reaction in 2016, her family and allergen-awareness activists started a campaign for more rigorou
Industry news
01/07/2019
European Commission designates GS1 as issuing entity for Unique Device Identification (UDI)
The global standards body becomes an authorised issuer for identifying medical devices, and introduces a new identification key to support the process On 7 June 2019, the European Commission designated
Industry news
27/06/2019
Tesco leads the way on image display for mobile shopping
The UK’s biggest supermarket is endorsing the use of mobile-ready hero images for all of its product listings Britain’s leading grocery retailer by market share is changing the way it displays products to optimise for mobile phone usage.
Industry news
20/06/2019
Data quality is front of mind for grocery brands
The results from our product data survey are in: it is clear that consistent, high-quality data is now of paramount importance to branded suppliers in the grocery industry A couple of months ago, we asked you to take part in a short survey to help us better understand your pain points w
Industry news
19/06/2019