GS1 US Apparel and General Merchandise Initiative

The GS1 US Apparel and General Merchandise Initiative is an industry group that is committed to defining business challenges and opportunities and organizing members to explore solutions and create adoption plans. The members of the Initiative represent a broad cross-section of industry trading partners. GS1 US launched the Initiative upon the merger with the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions (VICS) in 2012. Today more than 100 suppliers, distributors, retailers and logistics providers are participating members in Initiative activities, focused on improving inventory accuracy, exchanging standardized product data and achieving traceability with GS1 Standards.