After more than 50 years of ubiquity, the organisation that oversees the world's barcodes is preparing to consign them to the bargain bin of history. GS1, an international non-profit that ...

Today, there are dozens of different barcode symbologies out there. Commonly used linear symbologies include Code 39, Code 128, GS1 DataBar, Interleaved 2 OF 5, MSI Plessy. When one line isn’t ...

The average grocery store barcode could soon be upgraded. 2D barcodes from GS1 - look a lot like a QR code, and can tell customers where the product comes from, it's use by date, if it contains ...

Handles up to 7,098 numeric characters or 4,269 alphanumeric ones—far from the 85-character limit of 1D barcodes—providing an avenue to dynamic, real-time product information. A 2024 GS1 US ...

Part of the Polytag Group, the newly launched QR Squared service creates and downloads on-pack Digital Link QR codes for ...

In a survey of UK retail bosses, 41 percent said that they are confident Smart QR codes will replace linear barcodes in just five years time. As for the new technology, trials for the new QR codes are ...