Datalogic, a key player in automatic data capture and process automation, is set to reveal its AI-driven solutions aimed at revolutionizing retail operations during NRF 2026.
At Booth 6128, attendees will gain insight into how Datalogic's cutting-edge technologies such as advanced scanning, mobile computing, RFID, and IoT are boosting retailer performance by improving customer loyalty, increasing revenue, reducing errors, enhancing labor efficiency, speeding up productivity, and crafting seamless customer experiences, all within an eco-friendly framework.
Innovative Joya Smart Series Debuts
The highlight of the NRF 2026 event will be the debut of Datalogic's Joya Smart and Joya Smart+ series, noted for their integration with AI technology as self-shopping devices.
These groundbreaking handheld tools allow consumers to scan products, track their selections in real time, and swiftly make payments at self-service kiosks or assisted lanes, effectively merging customer independence with advanced loss prevention measures.
AI and RFID in Loss Prevention
Datalogic is demonstrating the impact of artificial intelligence and RFID in maintaining profit margins
Datalogic is demonstrating the impact of artificial intelligence and RFID in maintaining profit margins without slowing down checkout lines, particularly in grocery settings.
The Magellan® 9600 and 9900i systems employ AI-driven audit capabilities to recognize fraud patterns, such as mis-scans, ticket swapping, and item stacking, thereby ensuring transaction precision.
In non-food areas, the PowerScan™ 9600 RFID solution captures both barcode and RFID data, providing comprehensive visibility crucial for reducing losses and ensuring inventory accuracy, particularly at checkouts, exits, and storage areas.
Sustainable Innovation with Gryphon 4600
Marking another significant unveiling, Datalogic introduces the Gryphon™ 4600 scanner, showcasing sustainable innovation.
This state-of-the-art scanning solution merges high performance with eco-friendly design, featuring optimized electronic architecture, low energy use, recycled parts, and minimal packaging. This demonstrates the possibility of aligning environmental responsibility with operational efficiency.
Enhancing Store Operations Through Mobile Computing
Datalogic will also exhibit its wide lineup of mobile computing solutions, such as the Memor PDA series
Datalogic will also exhibit its comprehensive lineup of mobile computing solutions, such as the Memor PDA series and Skorpio family. These devices streamline essential store functions like inventory tracking, restocking, order prep, and shelf auditing efficiently.
When combined with partner-supported shelf analytics platforms, these tools ensure product availability, minimize sales losses, and enhance task management through effective scanning and intelligent mobile apps.
Advancing GS1 Digital Link Compatibility
Incorporating GS1 Digital Link compatibility across Fixed Retail Scanners, Handheld Scanners, and Mobile Computers, Datalogic ensures its devices meet the growing demands for richer product data, transparency, and traceability in retail environments, aligning with consumer expectations and regulatory standards at the checkout.
Datalogic Connect: Centralized Device Management
NRF 2026 will also feature live demonstrations of Datalogic Connect, the intelligent IoT cloud platform
NRF 2026 will also feature live demonstrations of Datalogic Connect, the intelligent IoT cloud platform designed for centralized device fleet management. This platform offers retailers expansive device visibility, remote configuration, firmware updates, diagnostic functions, and multi-location monitoring.
Beyond managerial tasks, Datalogic Connect provides dashboards and operational insights to streamline performance monitoring, inventory tracking, and loss-prevention activities, facilitating faster responses and enhancing the overall retail ecosystem management.
Advanced scanning technology
Rosario Casillo, Data Capture Product and Solutions Executive Vice President, remarked, "For over 50 years, Datalogic has provided the retail industry with innovative solutions that deliver measurable value. At NRF 2026, we're demonstrating how the convergence of AI, IoT, RFID, and sustainable design is transforming retail operations—making stores more efficient, secure, and profitable while enhancing the customer experience."
With advanced scanning technology, mobile computing, AI-driven automation, and centralized device management, Datalogic empowers retailers to create intelligent stores that deliver immediate results while adapting to future challenges. Visitors are invited to experience these innovations at NRF 2026, Booth 6128.
Datalogic, a pioneer in automatic data capture and process automation, will demonstrate how its integrated portfolio is empowering the intelligent store at NRF 2026, thanks to AI-driven integration.
Visitors to Booth 6128 will discover how advanced scanning, mobile computing, RFID, and IoT solutions are driving measurable outcomes for retailers: better customer loyalty, more revenue, fewer errors, higher labor efficiency, accelerated in-store productivity, and the creation of seamless customer experiences. All within a sustainable ecosystem.
World premiere: Joya Smart & Joya Smart+ series
NRF 2026 will mark the exclusive debut of Datalogic's Joya Smart and Joya Smart+—the industry's first self-shopping devices with integrated AI technology. These innovative handheld solutions empower shoppers to scan items as they move through the store, monitor their baskets in real time, and complete payment quickly at self-service kiosks or assisted lanes.
By combining customer autonomy with intelligent loss prevention capabilities, Joya Smart addresses retailers' most critical operational concerns while delivering an exceptional shopping experience
Reducing errors, shrinking, and preventing losses with AI and RFID
Datalogic will showcase how artificial intelligence and RFID technologies are able to protect profit margins without compromising checkout speed, especially in the grocery segment. The Magellan® 9600 and 9900i platforms feature AI-based audit rules that help associates identify common fraud patterns—including miss-scans, ticket switching, and item stacking—in real time, ensuring accuracy at every transaction.
In non-food applications, the PowerScan™ 9600 RFID solution captures data from both barcodes and RFID tags, providing real-time movement visibility that supports loss prevention and inventory accuracy. This capability is ideal for item-level tracking in sensitive areas such as checkout lanes, exits, and back rooms.
Sustainability-driven innovation: Gryphon 4600
Another major premiere at NRF is the groundbreaking Gryphon™ 4600, a next-generation scanning solution designed with sustainability at its core.
Combining enterprise-grade performance with eco-design principles, the Gryphon 4600 features optimized electronic architecture, reduced power consumption, recycled components, and minimal packaging—proving that environmental responsibility and operational excellence go hand in hand.
Streamlining store operations with mobile computing
Datalogic's complete range of mobile computers - such as the Memor PDA series and Skorpio family - will demonstrate how to manage essential store operations—including stock counting, replenishment, order preparation, and shelf verification—smoothly and efficiently.
Paired with partner-powered shelf analytics platforms, these solutions ensure on-shelf availability, reduce lost-sale scenarios, and improve task execution across the shop floor through high-performance scanning and intelligent mobile applications.
GS1 Digital Link readiness
Datalogic's forward-thinking approach to product development ensures that its entire portfolio—Fixed Retail Scanners, Handheld Scanners, and Mobile Computers—reads every type of symbology, including GS1 Digital Link.
This capability enables retailers to offer richer product information and easier access to transparency and traceability features directly at checkout, meeting evolving consumer expectations and regulatory requirements.
Centralized intelligence with Datalogic Connect
Attendees will experience Datalogic Connect live on the show floor—the company's intelligent IoT cloud platform for centralized device fleet management. Datalogic Connect provides comprehensive visibility of deployed devices, remote configuration, firmware updates, diagnostics, and multi-location monitoring across store networks.
Beyond device management, the platform delivers dashboards and operational insights that help retailers monitor checkout performance, device status, inventory movements, and loss-prevention events in real time. This intelligent layer enables faster operational response, improved uptime, and more efficient management of the entire retail ecosystem.
Empowering the intelligent store
"For over 50 years, Datalogic has provided the retail industry with innovative solutions that deliver measurable value," said Rosario Casillo, Data Capture Product and Solutions Executive Vice President.
"At NRF 2026, we're demonstrating how the convergence of AI, IoT, RFID, and sustainable design is transforming retail operations—making stores more efficient, secure, and profitable while enhancing the customer experience."
By combining advanced scanning, mobile computing, AI-assisted automation, and centralized device management, Datalogic supports retailers in creating intelligent stores that drive results now and adapt to the challenges of tomorrow. Visit Datalogic at NRF 2026, Booth 6128, to experience these technologies firsthand.
