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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
Guest blog – Helping London’s SMEs navigate Brexit uncertainty
Chris MacNeil, managing director of e/booster Limited talks about the free Brexit-preparation events giving crucial advice to small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in London Ever since the Referendum in June 2016, Brexit has been the B-word we haven’t been able to escape.
11/06/2019
Seller Sessions Corner – June 2019
Read the latest blog in our exclusive series with Seller Sessions, on the latest industry trends for Amazon sellers.
Industry news
10/06/2019
The impact of falsified medicines
Now that the Falsified Medicines Directive has come into play, understanding what this means for pharmaceutical manufacturers, pharmacists in acute and community settings, and, ultimately, the impact on patient safety is important.
Industry news
06/06/2019
Mind the gap
It is challenging for NHS organisations to keep up with the number of programmes, policies and strategies in place to drive transformation across the sector. How do we close the gap in understanding and simplifying what these programmes mean to individuals across healthcare?
05/06/2019
What impact have GS1 standards had across the NHS?
If you stand back and look at how digital technology has changed the banking industry, how it has changed the retail industry, how it’s changed every other industry, it is a phenomenal change.
Guest opinion piece
31/05/2019