Shopify's barcode field is about to hold 20 values, and reading it still returns 1
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GS1's guidance is unambiguous: each packaging level needs its own GTIN. A case of 24 cans carries a different number from a single can. The consumer unit gets a GTIN-13 in an EAN-13 barcode — the one scanned at a till. Cases and cartons get GTIN-14s derived from it, in ITF-14, which is explicitly n…
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Shopify's barcode field is about to hold 20 values, and reading it still returns 1