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On 26th June 1974, retail history was made with the scanning of the first-ever linear barcode. It started as a method to help supermarkets facilitate price look-up at the point of sale (POS) and has now become the common standard for commerce the world over, with global specifications managed by the international standards organisation GS1.

By Bryan Luna, freelance writer.

Read on to learn the different types and features present in various barcode scanners to make the right decision for your business and employee needs.

Scandit, the smart data capture solutions provider, has launched SparkScan, a pre-built smartphone scanning interface designed for high performance barcode scanning.

ProGlove, the provider of wearable barcode scanners, will be at NRF 2023, taking place January 15 to 17 in New York. ProGlove’s packed schedule at the show includes a Guinness World Record attempt and product announcements at its booth (#3538).

The barcode printers and consumables market is set to expand its market space at a promising average CAGR of 8.0% and is anticipated to reach a valuation of around USD 14,375.28 million by 2032 while it holds a revenue of USD 6.658.5 million in 2022.

The Barcode Warehouse, the UK B2B technology solutions integrator, has launched a new service, ‘Managed Services Core’ to help small to medium sized businesses improve the management and efficiency of their mobile technology estate.

The Alpha-30R next gen mobile barcode printer from TSC Printronix Auto ID is now on sale throughout the EMEA region. It packs a large battery capacity for such a compact, lightweight device, enabling full shifts to be completed without interruption in busy retail stores, manufacturing, healthcare, transport and logistics operations.

A VDC Research Whitepaper concludes that substantial productivity gains have been realised by organisations investing in wearable scanning solutions and estimates that the global investment into wearable barcode scanning will increase by 27 percent in 2022.

The premium quality barcode and RFID solutions provider inotec is currently producing 40 million RFID identification cards for a market-leading international discount supermarket chain. The exceptionally large RFID card order was placed after the discount supermarket’s strategic decision to install new crate track and trace systems. 

Lee Metters, Group Business Development Director, Domino Printing Sciences, believes the changes the COVID-19 pandemic brought to consumer shopping behaviour have irrevocably altered retailers’ and brands’ ecommerce models, with the data behind product barcodes at the centre of a far more flexible, agile, and individualised strategy: