India is expected to be a $5 trillion economy by 2025, and SMEs are making the major contribution towards this milestone. Thousands of SMEs manufacture consumer products which are sold/can be sold ...

Manama – Fifty years ago, on 31 March 1971, leaders from the biggest names in commerce came together and transformed the global economy forever by developing the Global Trade Item Number (known as the ...

Why barcodes matter: Barcodes uniquely identify products and cartons, linking them to accurate data for smooth receiving, compliance, and customer satisfaction. GS1 standards explained: GS1 defines ...

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 ...

E-commerce giant eBay signed a strategic partnership with GS1 China in Shenzhen on Wednesday to promote GS1’s global trade item number (GTIN) among eBay sellers in the country. Zheng Changqing, ...

When does a product need a new bar code? Normally, the answer to that question is fairly straightforward. When a major new ingredient is added — the introduction of Banana Nut Cheerios, for example — ...