The shift from 1D to 2D barcodes is making packaging smarter, more connected and ready for GS1 Sunrise 2027.

Christoph Wagner is the CEO of Scanbot SDK, a software development company specializing in data capture software for mobile and web apps. Considering how quickly retail is changing, it is astounding ...

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 ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the global barcode scanner market is projected to grow to USD 6.3 billion by 2021, at a CAGR of more than 4% over ...

Special thanks to Marcella Michalek, a former summer associate at Foley, for her contributions to this article. When introduced nearly fifty years ago, the Universal Product Code (UPC)—the most ...

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 ...

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 ...

The retail industry is approaching a major inflection point. By the end of 2027, GS1 US’s Sunrise 2027 initiative aims for all point-of-sale (POS) systems to scan 2D barcodes, such as QR codes and GS1 ...

Barcodes work based on light reflected back to scanner optics: black does not reflect light, while the white (blank) spaces do reflect light. Because characters (alphabetic, numeric, special) are ...