QR Code Press

QR codes are now worked into DS Smith Packaging products

05/06/201305/06/2013 Jesse Collins

Customers of the company’s industrial division will be able to scan pallets using smartphones. DS Smith Packaging has just announced that its customers for the Industrial Division of the company will be able to replace heavy duty packaging repeat orders through simple QR code scans with the use of smartphones. The company is hoping that this will greatly simplify the reordering process for its customers. All a customer needs to do to be able to reorder heavy duty packaging is to scan the QR codes located on the box or…

QR codes added to West Berkshire planning application notices

03/02/201302/28/2013 Stephanie Beck

The city council has chosen to use the barcodes to help people to find more information with their smartphones. The West Berkshire Council has just introduced a new use for QR codes within their city, which will allow people to look into planning applications for the streets by simply scanning the barcodes using their smartphones. These on street barcodes will be prominently displayed on the planning application notices. The city has already been posting the planning application notices that are bright orange in color, to help people to be able…

QR codes provide guided tours of the Wildwood Aviation Museum

02/28/201302/27/2013 Jesse Collins

Visitors simply need to scan the barcodes in order to gain access to an enhanced experience. The Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum has just announced the completion of its application of QR codes in order to help to provide visitors with a guided tour with the assistance of their mobile devices. The installation includes barcodes that have been strategically placed in a number of locations. These QR codes have been placed specifically within the historic Hangar #1, where visitors can use smartphones, tablets, and other similar mobile devices to…

QR codes and their best use is catching on

01/25/201304/13/2014 Jesse Collins

Though mistakes are still being made, many mobile marketers are learning from the errors of others. If there’s one thing that can be said about QR codes, it is that they have generated a great deal of controversy over whether or not they should be considered to be a successful mobile marketing technique. Though some of these barcodes have seen thousands of scans, others have remained virtually unnoticed. The main problem with the QR codes that have been unsuccessful is that not all marketers are completely familiar with how they…

QR codes may still encourage engagement when not scanned

11/30/201211/28/2012 Jorge Gonzalez

Scan has launched its version 2.0 to reach mobile users who don’t use barcodes. The latest statistics from eMarketer regarding the use of QR codes in the United States has shown that approximately 90 percent of Americans have not scanned a barcode within the last year. To be fair, this includes all Americans, regardless of whether or not they have a cell phone. However, this does represent a large number of people who are not scanning QR codes and who are therefore not being engaged by what they contain. A…