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.

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 GS1 DataMatrix barcode is recommended or mandated in healthcare regulations across more than 70 countries BRUSSELS, April 15, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twenty years ago, GS1 expanded barcode ...

The shopping experience is transforming as more brands and retailers turn to data-rich 2D barcodes, powered by GS1 Digital Link. They can provide access to everything about a product: its origins, ...

Almost 50 years after Wrigley’s chewing gum became the first product to carry a barcode, the organisation behind the tech is launching a new version it claims will “revolutionise” retail. GS1 will ...

GS1 Digital Link has been hitting the headlines in recent months. Although not new, the standard has been updated for web-enabling barcodes to enhance the shopping experience for consumers around the ...

Paid content is paid for and controlled by an advertiser and produced by the Guardian Labs team. Barcodes, long taken for granted in our daily shopping routines, have been quietly revolutionising the ...

LAWRENCE — In 1973, a group called GS1 US invented a system of little black bars and numbers that could be printed on jugs of milk, candy bars and thousands of other products in stores everywhere. The ...