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A broad coalition of leading fresh food associations has released a white paper advocating the adoption of Global Trade Identification Numbers to cover...More
In 2007, retailers will have plenty of opportunities to use technology to improve the operations of their stores and prepare them for doing business well...More
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - Draft guidelines for a new U.S. coupon system are up for public review and comment.GS1 U.S. here, the agency that defines standards...More
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - Wal-Mart Stores last week was scheduled to launch the largest test to date to determine whether produce items can be bar-coded and...More
DAYTON, Ohio -- GS1, the global bar code standards body based in Brussels, Belgium, has unofficially set Jan. 1, 2008 as a voluntary "sunrise" deadline...More
In 2005, retailers are processing longer and more variable product bar codes, but bar codes on coupons were left out of the equation.Coupon bar codes,...More
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. -- A proposed redesign of the bar code used on coupons would require retailers to be able to scan and process a 14-digit bar code...More
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. -- A proposed redesign of the bar code used on coupons would require retailers to be able to scan and process a 14-digit bar code...More
WASHINGTON -- The Universal Product Code, the ubiquitous bar code that recently passed the 30th anniversary of its initial live scan in a supermarket,...More
