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System for providing updated product and pricing information for retailer

  • US 4,519,631 A
  • Filed: 01/06/1983
  • Issued: 05/28/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for providing product information and consumer pricing information on goods shipped by a supplier to a retailer for retail sale from store shelves, comprising the steps of:

  • the supplier placing computer generated retailer product information indicia on the face of a first section of a paper label, said product information including identification of the product, number of units of product, unit price and address of retailer;

    the supplier also placing consumer intelligible pricing indicia on the face of an attached but separable section of said label;

    the supplier attaching said marked label to a shipping container in which products are shipped by the supplier to the retailer with only the first section of said label fixedly attached to the shipping container; and

    then the retailer detaching the separable label section from the first section of the label and placing the separated section on the display shelf for providing intelligible pricing information for the consumer when the retailer removes the products from the shipping container and places them on a display shelf for sale to the consumer.

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