Next year will mark 50 years since the first product barcode was scanned. The simple system of lines, spaces, and numbers has helped track inventory and scan physical product prices. But what if it ...

Today, millions of businesses around the world power commerce with GS1 Barcode Standards. GS1, the not-for-profit organization behind global barcode standards, has a bold goal designed to help ...

The initiative by the standards organization could bring traditional 1D barcodes into the 2D world of data matrix and QR-codes. After five decades of barcode use at the point of sale, the technology ...