June 26, 1974 was an historical milestone that changed the shopping experience: That’s the date the first item was ever scanned with a barcode. Juicy Fruit gum at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio, became ...

GS1 Healthcare celebrates 20 years advancing healthcare digitalisation with a series of events throughout the year The GS1 DataMatrix barcode is recommended or mandated in healthcare regulations ...

Barcodes are set to vanish from UK shop items within the next five years, a report by GS1 UK has revealed. Retail expert Kate Hardcastle believes that new technologies which offer data to consumers ...

Barcodes are set to disappear in favour of modern QR codes. After more than 50 years of ubiquity, the organisation that oversees the world's barcodes is preparing to consign them to the bargain bin of ...

A new case study has shown how Mercy healthcare system has reaped the benefits of integrating GS1 Standards, including bar codes, across the medical device supply chain. The study, "Perfect Order and ...

EWING, N.J., May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — GS1 US has appointed the following executives to the GS1 US Board of Governors: Sam Heyworth, vice president, consumables, Amazon; and Brad Spickert, senior ...

Amazon’s director of consumables Patrick Pondaven has joined the supervisory board of GS1 UK, the supply chain and data standards organisation. The online retail giant joins the board as the ...

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 ...