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.

Barcode technology makes real-time data collection possible. Despite the multitude of barcodes in existence today, universal product codes remain among the most useful to a small business. Because UPC ...

It’s hard to believe that the invention of the UPC — first used by railroads almost 100 years ago and then introduced to speed grocery checkout lines back in 1974 — hasn’t changed. Groundbreaking at ...

The next generation of barcodes includes a heavy emphasis on QR codes and smartphone-use. Fifty years ago, on June 26, 1974, the first universal product code (UPC) was scanned at a Marsh Supermarket ...

If you sell products to your customers, many of the items probably already have UPC barcodes you scan when ringing up sales. However, you can use barcodes on products or items for other purposes as ...

Marketers have been experimenting for several years with QR codes and other mobile barcodes like the SnapTag, printing them on packaging, signs, and just about every other medium to drive brand and ...

This guide explains how to generate barcodes in Excel without any additional installations, using both the desktop and web versions of Excel. It covers formatting cells to preserve leading zeros, ...

A side-hustle. A home-based business. A startup. Whatever you call it—congratulations! You’re the owner of a small business. You have a great product, and Amazon, eBay, Etsy and other websites offer ...