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Digitally Connect With Brand Owners Through Smart Consumer App

In today’s competitive market where brands are working tirelessly to make their products or services available to their targeted consumers, mobile applications have fundamentally changed the digital landscape worldwide.

Millennials in this 21st century are moving at the full pace to catch up with emerging technology in order to stay up-to-date with all things that are occurring around them.

Mobile applications in today’s time have become the most customizable weapon that engages and attracts consumers. Mobile applications have become a revolution that is ruling a digital world and making brands more visible to consumers and the market as a whole.

Around the world, mostly all the brands are now launching their mobile applications so that they can digitally connect with consumers, know their preferences and try to make amends in their products according to their feedback so that they can make informed purchasing decisions for themselves.

One such mobile application is launched by GS1 India for all the brand owners called Smart Consumer mobile application, where consumers can directly connect with brand owners of products they use. By just scanning the ‘890’ labeled product, consumers can easily access all the product information such as product name, date of manufacture, MRP, net content, manufacturer, customer care details, etc., completely and consistently.

Through Smart Consumer mobile application, consumers can digitally connect with the brand owners of the products they’re buying and share feedback or complaints related to the product directly with them.

All the information on products that consumers view through Smart Consumer App is directly managed by brand owners via GS1 India’s DataKart service. With this service, brand owners can potentially share a lot more information about their products than what is possible through the product label, such as instruction videos, recipes, etc.

Smart Consumer app can help consumers verify the product information just by scanning ‘890’ barcode.

So, don’t just sit back; download this free mobile application from your Android and IOS play store.

Be smart and use Smart Consumer Apps.

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