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Northern Ireland firm breaks the one million barrier with electronic labelling

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Northern Ireland’s Henderson Technology has now installed a million electronic shelf-edge labels (ESELs), it announced this week. The company, which is notable for being an offshoot of the Northern Ireland retailer and wholesaler of the same name, put its one millionth ESEL into Filco Supermarkets.…

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