New GS1 US Survey Reveals That 77% of Consumers Seek Detailed Product Information; Emerging Data-Rich Barcodes To Aid Shopper Purchase Decisions and Scan at Checkout While the UPC has endured for 50 ...

EWING, N.J., May 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- New research commissioned by GS1 US and conducted by VDC Research shows that organizations implementing two-dimensional (2D) barcodes in warehouse and ...

Under the Sunrise 2027 initiative, the goal is for retail point-of-sale systems to be capable of processing GS1-compliant 2D barcodes by the end of 2027.

50 years after the barcode was first scanned, 22 leaders from some of the world’s biggest companies sign a global joint statement calling for the transition to QR Codes with GS1 standards to ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- GearChain has launched a free Bulk GS1 Digital Link and Barcode Label Printer that streamlines how businesses create and print barcode labels at scale.

Masahiro Hara, an engineer on the barcodes team at Denso, the subsidiary, tackled the problem. What if, he reasoned, you ...