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BS ISO 21041:2018

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Guidance on unit pricing

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BSI 2018 28
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This document gives principles and best practice guidelines for unit pricing displayed by written, printed or electronic means.

It includes guidance on

  • the provision of unit price,

  • units of measure used to express unit price including: weight, length, volume, count, area and other forms of measure,

  • the display of unit price, and

  • implementation, communication and education of consumers.

This document is applicable to any retailer, including supermarkets, hardware stores, pharmacies, convenience stores, automotive parts suppliers and pet product suppliers.

It is applicable to packaged and non-packaged food and consumer products where the price is displayed, including

  • at point of sale, including in-store and online, and

  • when relevant communications about the product are released (including advertising by electronic and printed formats).

This document excludes services and merchandise, such as clothing and electronic goods sold as a single item.

PDF Catalog

PDF Pages PDF Title
2 National foreword
7 Foreword
8 Introduction
9 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
10 4 Objective
11 5 Main principles
5.1 General
5.2 Provision
5.3 Units of measure
5.4 Displaying unit price
5.5 Consistency
5.6 Planning, implementing and monitoring
5.7 Communication
5.8 Consumer education
12 6 Provision of unit price
6.1 General
6.2 Consistency of provision of unit price
6.3 Special offers
7 Units of measure
7.1 General
13 7.2 Consistency of measure
7.3 Measurement and calculation
7.3.1 Accuracy
7.3.2 Rounding
8 Displaying unit price
8.1 General
8.2 Location (proximity to selling price)
14 8.3 Font type
8.4 Font size
8.5 Colour and contrast
8.6 White space
8.7 Border(s) and box
8.8 Expression of “unit price”
8.9 Obscuring
8.10 Format
8.11 Symbols and abbreviations
15 8.12 Monetary denomination
8.13 Consistency of displaying unit price
8.14 Non-ambiguity
9 Provision and display in-store
9.1 General
9.2 Lower shelves in-store
9.3 Viewing distance and angle
9.4 Surface reflection
10 Provision and display online
16 11 Provision and display in advertising
12 Establishing a new in-store or online unit pricing system
13 Consumer education
18 Annex A (informative) Examples of the potential benefits of unit price provision
19 Annex B (informative) Guidance for depicting unit price information on labels
22 Annex C (informative) International system of units of measure and abbreviations
24 Annex D (informative) Example of establishing a new in-store or online unit pricing system
26 Bibliography
BS ISO 21041:2018
$142.49