Counterfeiting has become a multi-billion-dollar problem, affecting various industries in the world, from luxury goods to electronics. It’s a crime that feeds from the act of stealing the identity of ...

Supply-chain standards organization GS1 US has released a Barcode Capabilities Test Kit to help retailers gauge their readiness to shift from linear Universal Product Codes (UPCs) to data-rich 2D ...

By 2027, retailers everywhere will scan 2D barcodes at checkout. It's time for brands to decide how they will update ...

GS1 has formed a Mission Specific Working Group to “define a standard structure for URIs” connecting products to the Web with GS1 identifiers, whether a 2D bar code, a QR code, a Near Field ...

On the 50 th anniversary of the barcode being scanned for the first time, 22 industry champions – including marketplaces such as Alibaba.com, retailers like Carrefour and manufacturers like Procter & ...