New Digital Couponing Standards Emerge
GS1 US and the Joint Industry Coupon Committee (JICC) have collaborated to create a standard for paperless couponing. Ratified by information standards organization, GS1, the new GS1 Standard helps retailers identify digital couponing transactions in a cash register transaction log, enabling settlement for retailers.
The standard builds upon previously-established industry best practices for barcode-based paper coupons and helps identify coupons in point-of-sale transactions. Manufacturers, brand owners and retailers can now benefit from enhanced traceability in the redemption of digital coupons at point-of-sale and retailers can more easily and confidently reconcile their cash registers for paperless transactions.
“The new GS1 Standard is a step forward in addressing industry needs at a time when consumers are relying on their mobile devices more than ever to shop,” said Jeffrey Bumgarner, manager, industry affairs, Grocery Manufacturers Association. “Industry members and their app developer partners will be able to use the new standard as soon as the proper infrastructure in place at the end of this year, which is currently being developed by the JICC.”
The JICC is composed of industry stakeholders from a cross-section of industry associations, manufacturers and retailers, and works with GS1 US to respond to the needs of the industry and the growing mobile-coupon user. Consumer interest in mobile couponing is at an all-time high—the number of mobile coupon users in the U.S. has grown nearly 18 percent in the past year to 92.6 million, according to eMarketer data, and by the end of 2016, mobile coupon users are expected to increase another 11 percent to 104 million.
The standard builds upon previously-established industry best practices for barcode-based paper coupons and helps identify coupons in point-of-sale transactions. Manufacturers, brand owners and retailers can now benefit from enhanced traceability in the redemption of digital coupons at point-of-sale and retailers can more easily and confidently reconcile their cash registers for paperless transactions.
“The new GS1 Standard is a step forward in addressing industry needs at a time when consumers are relying on their mobile devices more than ever to shop,” said Jeffrey Bumgarner, manager, industry affairs, Grocery Manufacturers Association. “Industry members and their app developer partners will be able to use the new standard as soon as the proper infrastructure in place at the end of this year, which is currently being developed by the JICC.”
The JICC is composed of industry stakeholders from a cross-section of industry associations, manufacturers and retailers, and works with GS1 US to respond to the needs of the industry and the growing mobile-coupon user. Consumer interest in mobile couponing is at an all-time high—the number of mobile coupon users in the U.S. has grown nearly 18 percent in the past year to 92.6 million, according to eMarketer data, and by the end of 2016, mobile coupon users are expected to increase another 11 percent to 104 million.