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Product expiration data within a barcode will help reduce food waste

Improving supply chain efficiency - getting value from standards adoption

GS1 UK to remain at the heart of government healthcare plans

New health secretary uses his first speech to extol GS1 initiatives and promise further tech spend Stepping into the vacant spot at the Department of Health and Social Care, 

GS1 and the ONS team up on innovative new data source for inflation

n a volatile climate for the UK retail industry, GS1 UK and the Office of National Statistics (ONS) are partnering to improve the measurement of price changes. From House of Fraser to Poundworld, the British high street is struggling like never before.

From January 2019 GTINs should never be reused again

The standard governing GTIN reuse is changing on 31 December 2018, here’s why and what it means for you. In the apparel and grocery sectors, reusing a GTIN has previously been allowed after 30 months and 48 months of initial issuance respectively.

Webinar | How to identify your products

Unique identification of trade items is critical to ensure trading partners can exchange accurate product information in consistent ways. This guarantees the smooth operation of supply chains and avoids business blunders like relabelling cost and, ultimately, lost sales.

New guidelines to optimise imagery for mobile sales

Our shopping habits are changing rapidly with an increasing amount of transactions carried out online. In 2017, seven per cent of all groceries in the UK were bought using the internet and two out of every five purchases were made 

GS1 SmartSearch – a new standard for the web, supporting ecommerce

Dealing with the demands of Black Friday

Gary Lynch, CEO at GS1 UK, examines how retailers can deliver what consumers want Black Friday has quickly become the busiest shopping day of t

Andrew Osborne presented with GS1 UK lifetime achievement award

Andrew Osborne received the first ever GS1 UK lifetime achievement award at the 39th Annual General Meeting and briefing. As a Director of GS1 UK, a member of the Executive team and the Supervisory Board, he has been recognised and universally respected as an inspiration to the GS1 comm