GS1 / VICS Hanger For Store Apparels

The original benefit of the Hanger Specifications was to aid in the elimination of significant waste in the supply chain process. 

The specifications enabled apparel manufacturers to eliminate the use of “shipping hangers” and replace them with retailer-requested floor-ready hangers. 

This also enabled the retailer to display the apparel immediately, as opposed to the previous process of removing a shipping hanger and re-hanging the garment on a floor-display hanger in either distribution or the store. 

The specifications also facilitated consolidation of numerous hanger styles and SKUs down to a more manageable and profile-consistent number.

Benefits:

Utilizing these hanger specification guidelines resulted in: 

■ A reduction in the order-to-sales floor cycle time 

■ A decrease in hanger stock-outs on high selling replenishment items requiring hangers 

■ A significant reduction in waste hangers generated by the supplier-retailer pipeline now that the hanger inserted at manufacture was also used for display on the retail floor 

■ A reduction of hanger SKUs required to be inventoried by any given supplier 

■ Improved "flow through" retail distribution centers and/or direct store shipments 

■ Identification of hangers that best display the merchandise