A system and method of consolidating information for display which relies
on codes. The system includes a database including a plurality of types of
information besides price to be displayed by an electronic price label and
a computer. The computer schedules messages for transmission to the
electronic price label, including a message containing the information.
The computer identifies a number of the types of information to be
displayed by the electronic price label, obtains the number of the types
of information from the database, determines parameters for storing and
displaying the number of types of information, and creates a code
incorporating the number of types of information and the parameters for
storing and displaying the number of types of information.