Equipment and corresponding method for managing commercial items

Equipment for processing items intended for commercial and non-commercial distribution, said equipment comprising:

• a conveyor belt for transporting and/or moving said items,
• identification means for identifying each of said items,
• means for generating an individual label for each of said items, as well as means for applying individually each of the said individual labels onto an associated or corresponding item of said items, said individual labels comprising a price for each of said items, said equipment being configured so that said individual labels are generated to include said price by said means for generating said individual labels each depending on an identification data of the associated or corresponding item, acquired by the said identification means, and
• tracking means able to track the path of a marker applied to or already present on each of said items, a sequence of said items being entirely random, said equipment being further configured so that said individual labels are applied by said means for applying the individual labels each onto or over the marker of the associated or corresponding item on the basis of the path data of the said associated or corresponding item and wherein the said tracking means comprise recognition means able to recognize the marker of the said associated or corresponding item and track the path of the marker of the said associated or corresponding item to apply the label onto or over the marker of the said associated or corresponding item;
• and in that
• said means for applying the individual labels comprise a robot able to move individually each of the said individual labels at least between its pick-up position and its position for application onto or over the corresponding marker, said robot being displaceable both on a surface and heightwise and also rotated in both opposite senses of rotation about an axis of rotation (A) substantially perpendicular to the belt.