B
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48 -- countries piloting barcode to qr transition for Global retail/GS1 Sunrise 2027 transition (2025)
48 countries globally are actively piloting the transition to replace barcodes with QR codes ahead of GS1's 2027 deadline.
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48
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Data Vintage
2025
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Appetite Creative
Primary
Tier B
https://appetitecreative.com/connected-packaging-book-2025/ ↗
Source Article
Connected Packaging Book 2025
Original Research
Appetite Creative
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Methodology
Cited in Connected Packaging Book 2025 regarding GS1 2027 QR code deadline
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Industrymarketing
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Global retail/GS1 Sunrise 2027 transition: 48 countries piloting barcode to qr transition. Source: Appetite Creative (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/countries-piloting-qr-transition
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