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I used to hate QR codes. But they're actually genius (www.youtube.com)

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A video that explains how information on a QR codes is stored.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I haven't heard of an actual direct initiative here, that 2027 date sounds more like marketing for IBN than an actual industry-wide push. Walmart is banking on RFID, for example.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, it is. GS1 are driving it and by 2027 all retailers around the world are expected to be able to scan the QR code at checkout instead of a traditional barcode image.

GS1 call it 2D Barcode. It’s a QR code that embeds a GTIN https://www.gs1.org/industries/retail/2D-barcodes

the embedded link goes to a resolver, the functionality of which they have released so anyone can build their own resolver system.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I still haven't heard of anything in this space, as a part of an NCR dealer with ~170 independently owned grocery stores as customers. A fair amount of them don't have imaging scanners, and the scanners they do have can't scan QR. Not saying it's not happening, but I am strongly skeptical that the industry is switching away from UPC/EAN as a whole *by that date.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

2027 is a sunrise date, meaning retailers are expected to have updated their checkouts to support scanning the 2D Barcodes.

Industry has set a date to make the transition to accepting 2D barcodes at point-of-sale (POS) or point-of-care (POC) — referred to as Sunrise 2027. By the end of 2027, retailers would need to ensure their POS systems are equipped with scanners capable of reading both traditional barcodes and 2D barcodes. The shift has already begun with the new technology being tested in 48 countries across the world, representing 88% of the world’s GDP.

https://www.gs1us.org/industries-and-insights/by-topic/sunrise-2027

I sell GTINs in multiple countries that are already trialing 2D barcodes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

With apologies to the rest of the industry, boots on the ground equipment reseller-wise: Upgrading scanner scales costs us ~$1,800/lane/store for a 7895 before our markup (and I don't know the actual figures, I'm not a money guy), and we barely convinced store owners that EMV was needed because of the liability shift. I'm skeptical that UPCA is going away entirely, and would expect GTINs to be more complimentary than anything.

We're having a hell of a time convincing people to get off of POS applications that were sold ~10 years ago running Windows Server 2008 R2 and an app that is just recently past its support cutoff. They would need to completely replace their POS in order to upgrade.