Consumer Transparency & The Smart Label Initiative
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SmartLabel

TRUST – is huge when it comes to brand-consumer relationships and while it’s always been an important consideration, never before has it been this critical for product manufacturers to have the consumers trust. Research points out authenticity and having information on products that they can trust to make purchase decisions is one of the hallmark […]

Extended Merchandising™: A Products Best Friend
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Others

So what is Extended Merchandising™? Well, first off, merchandising in its purest form is all about the “product”. Physical in-store merchandising is about making products look attractive, bringing out the best part of the packaging and kinda of showing off your product, so to speak! In its purest form, it’s giving that product the edge […]

Why You Should Start Thinking About Your Products, Mobile & Googles Semantic Search Plans
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Retail Technology

Where is “search” headed? Let’s start with “Search”. Semantic search technologies are those which work to understand the meaning and context of actual words within a webpage rather than search based on just the word itself which is what a lot of SEO professionals have been able to benefit from over the previous years. Traditionally […]

GS1 Belgium & Luxembourg Surpass 60,000 Product GTIN With TrustBox
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Newsroom

Newport Beach, 5th February, 2015 – GS1 Belgium & Luxembourg, along with solutions provider Qliktag Software Inc. announced today that they have exceeded 60,000 uploaded product GTINs  with over 1,500 manufacturers and suppliers and 36 data recipients from retail, foodservice and the wholesale industries, currently on its online product data aggregator platform “Trustbox”. The solution […]

EU 1169 Looking at Product Data Aggregation & Delivery Beyond Compliance
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Product Information Management

With the December 13th deadline for the EU1169/2011 regulation fast approaching, there is a lot discussion and buzz around GS1s, manufacturers as well as retailers on exploring the best options to get their product data online, display product data as per the regulations and also making it available to retailers, consumers and third parties that […]