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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ben Ames has spent 30 years as a journalist since starting out as a reporter for daily newspapers in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. He has focused on business and technology reporting since 1999 for ...

UPC barcodes contain key information that can make small businesses more efficient and easier to manage. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

GS1 is a non-profit organization that develops and maintains global standards for business communication, including the widely known UPC barcodes. Now, GS1’s Sunrise 2027 initiative is reshaping how ...