Electronic product information display system

A method for creating strips for display shelves of a business establishment, comprising:

• providing planogram information of products for display in one or more areas of a business establishment, wherein the planogram information includes information identifying products for display and identifying a corresponding horizontal dimension of shelf space required for displaying each product on a shelf;
• providing information related to a predetermined number of shelves and the corresponding horizontal dimension of shelf space for the one or more areas for displaying the products identified by the planogram information;
• apportioning the products identified by the planogram information to one or more of the predetermined number of shelves based on the corresponding horizontal dimension of shelf space required for displaying each product;
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• printing a strip for one or more shelves of the predetermined number of shelves, wherein strip information printed on each strip identifies at least first and second products to be displayed on a respective shelf, the strip being a defined predetermined length that is coextensive with at least a first product's allocated shelf space length and a second product's allocated shelf space length, the strip further comprising at least first indicia for indicating a position and length on the strip corresponding to the first product's allocated shelf space length, and second indicia for indicating a position and length on the strip corresponding to the second product's allocated shelf space length.

A shelf edge strip system for creating a shelf strip for a business establishment, comprising:

• a database comprising planogram data for an area of a business establishment, wherein the database includes spacemap data for a product display area of the business establishment;
• a strip editor for creating and editing one or more strips for affixing to one or more display shelves using at least one of the planogram data and spacemap data;
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• a printer for printing the one or more strips, wherein the one or more strips each includes printed information for one or more products, and wherein each strip is constructed and arranged to be a defined predetermined length that is coextensive with an entire horizontal dimension of an area of space on a shelf for arranging a corresponding product thereon, the strip-further comprising at least first and second space indicia being printed on the strip and defining the predetermined length on the strip, wherein the first space indicia indicates where the first product's allocated shelf space length begins, and the second space indicia indicates where the first product's allocated shelf space length ends.