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* Retail Ready Packaging Best Practice Guides *
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Thousands of companies have benefited from our best practice guides, helping them on their journey to developing best in class retail packaging solutions.
 

Our Guides

Road Map
Retail Packaging Material Cycles - Identifying opportunities to reduce landfill
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A new free guide giving practical best practice advice on how to reduce the amount of retail ready packaging (RRP) sent to landfill, reducing impacts and the cost of raw materials and landfill fees.

   
Road Map
Data Integrity Road Map Tool  
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Getting your product and case dimension data wrong will cost you sales. We've created an animated roadmap for manufacturers and retailers showing the journey from new product to shelf, and highlighting obstacles you need to overcome.

   
Packaging Glossary of Terms
Packaging Glossary of Terms  
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ECR has recently published a new packaging glossary of terms. A highly useful tool, the glossary covers common words used in the printing, corrugated and solid board industries.

   
Date Coding of Retail Packaging
Date Coding of Retail Packaging  
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All food & grocery products have a date code clearly marked for the benefit of consumers and store staff. This free ECR guide is a concise guide to date coding regulations, terminology and best practice, and shows how correct date coding can reduce waste, maintain product integrity, maximise availability and increase sales.

   
Retail Ready Packaging Functional Guidelines
Retail Ready Packaging Functional Guidelines  
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Understand how to deliver effective Retail Ready Packaging (RRP) with ECR's new free guide. Designed to help improve working practices between retailers and suppliers, this guide will aid packaging development and help you deliver the most practical RRP solution for your business and your customers.

   
Shelf Sizes Standardisation Guide
Shelf Sizes Standardisation Guide  
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A free shelf sizes matrix covering four major retailers and 35 categories to help you maximise shelf fill and accommodate retailer ready packaging "easy replenishment" requirements.

   
Shelf Ready Packaging: Addressing the challenge
Shelf Ready Packaging: Addressing the challenge  
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Shelf Ready Packaging (SRP) is a potential solution to address store operations efficiency, shelf replenishment and product availability in supermarkets, but there are currently many different SRP initiatives in Europe. This free guide provides guidance on how to deliver Shelf Ready Packaging successfully in-store to provide more value to the consumer.

   
RRP Assessment Tool
RRP Assessment Tool  
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Designed to be used in conjunction with the Retail Ready Packaging Functional Guidelines, this new version of the RRP Assessment Tool is indispensable in evaluating the potential effectiveness of a proposed RRP solution against alternative options, current or competitor packaging. Available in easy-to-download Excel workbook format.

   
Retail Ready Packaging
Retail Ready Packaging  
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A free guide from IGD & ECR that provides a simple, no-nonsense introduction to Retail Ready Packaging in the food & grocery industry. Includes guidelines on choosing the right packaging solution, and details on how RRP can respond to both shopper needs and retailer's strategies. Request your copy today

   
Retailer Accepted Merchandising Units Formats Guide
Retailer Accepted Merchandising Units Formats Guide

A free tool to help you assess ten Merchandising Units (MU) formats and match them to industry needs across the major retailers Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Somerfield, Tesco & Waitrose.

 

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