How Shelf Edge Labels Improve Pricing Accuracy and Customer Confidence Shelf edge labels are the small printed strips that sit along the front of a shelf, showing the price, product name and often a barcode. They are the last piece of information a customer reads before deciding to buy, and the first thing they blame…
Every label on the roll can now be different: serial numbers, batch codes, barcodes and QR codes printed in the same pass as your design, checked and proofed before we print.
MEPs approved new EU CLP labelling rules on 22 October 2026. See the 1.2 mm font size rule, the real start date and how to plan your hazard labels now.
Peel and Reveal Label Design Guide: How to set up your peel and reveal labels Avoid unnecessary studio fees with our peel and reveal label design guide and free template builder. Save yourself from an unpleasant artwork charge when getting your peel and reveal labels ready for press. Peel and reveal artwork is identical in…
The EU has pushed back its packaging sorting label plan to Q2 2027. See the new PPWR dates, what has not moved, and how to plan your EU artwork.
HFSS Regulations: What’s Changed and What Comes Next On 30 September 2026, a quiet deadline passed. Larger retailers in England can no longer sell less healthy food in packs printed with “buy one get one free” or “3 for 2”. If your labels still carry those flashes, they are now a problem on the shelf….
The deposit return scheme starts 1 Oct 2027. What happens to drinks and labels made before launch, plus new barcodes, the DRS logo and key dates.
How To Load, Set and Troubleshoot a Date Labelling Gun A date labelling gun is one of the simplest tools in any food business, right up until it prints crooked, smudges, or jams halfway through a batch. Almost every fault has the same handful of causes, and none of them needs an engineer. The short…
Registered Barcode or Your Own? When You Need To Buy One A registered barcode is not always necessary, and knowing when you need one saves both money and a great deal of trouble. The answer depends entirely on where the product will be scanned. The short answer. If the product only ever gets scanned inside…
AI Label Design: How To Get a Usable Concept From ChatGPT AI label design has gone from novelty to genuinely useful in the recent months of 2026. You can now describe a label in plain English and get back something that looks like a finished product. That is a huge opportunity, but it is also…
Drinks Label Design: What Makes a Bottle Get Picked Up Good drinks label design has about three seconds to work. That is roughly how long a shopper spends scanning a shelf before their hand moves, and in that time your label has to do the entire job of persuasion. The short answer to what makes…
Retail Price Labelling: How To Keep Product Pricing Clear And Consistent Inconsistent retail price labelling causes real problems on the shop floor. A customer who picks up a product expecting one price and finds a different one at the till is not a happy customer. Clear, consistent retail price labelling is not a back-office detail;…