Ship Bottom Brewery teamed up with GS1 US and Avery Dennison and used 2D barcodes on their ales as an engagement tool to see which customers consumed the new flavors. We rely on QR codes for a number ...

The UPC barcode, appearing as a sequence of vertical lines on a product label, revolutionized the retail industry 50 years ago by automating price lookup at checkout. While the technology has endured, ...

Sprint has announced a partnership with 2D barcode specialists Scanbuy to put software capable of decoding the black & white symbols blocks onto select Sprint handsets. 2D barcodes can be used to ...

Retailers are revisiting their reliance on self-checkouts, driven by a need to address shrink, reduce losses, and deliver a better customer experience. As new technologies change the landscape, it’s ...

GS1 Sunrise 2027 is a global initiative by GS1, the organization responsible for barcode standards, to transition from traditional one-dimensional (1D) barcodes, such as EAN/UPC, to two-dimensional ...

GS1, the standards body for supply chains, has released a readiness test kit to help retailers, brands and manufacturers and solution providers assess where they are in the journey toward ...

The start of the new year brings the retail industry closer to an important inflection point. By the beginning of 2027, every point of sale (POS) system must be able to scan 2D barcodes such as QR ...