Industry news

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

Meet our new Supervisory Board member George Wright, Commercial Director for Strategy & Operations, Tesco PLC

Gary Lynch, CEO at GS1 UK speaks to George Wright, our new Supervisory Board member about the adoption of GS1 standards, their role in the retail grocery industry and the benefits they bring

Industry collaboration is key to retail success in 2016

Gary Lynch, CEO at GS1 UK, discusses what key retail trends to ant

How a small family run business has grown into a global success

In this first part of the interview, GS1 UK's CEO Gary Lynch talks to Andrew Cairns about the benefits and challenges he faces growing his own business, Mammy Jamia’s, while having a full-time day job. Andrew is the CEO at 

How our standards improve the shopper experience

Gary Lynch, CEO at GS1 UK discusses how GS1 standards provide a seamless experience for today’s connected consumers