Datalogic is set to showcase its comprehensive range of AI-driven technologies designed to enhance retail operations at the National Retail Federation's event in 2026.
Attendees at Booth 6128 will witness how Datalogic's advanced solutions in scanning, mobile computing, RFID, and IoT are set to revolutionise retail environments by improving customer loyalty, boosting revenue, reducing errors, elevating labour efficiency, and streamlining in-store productivity within a sustainable ecosystem.
Debuting Joya Smart and Joya Smart+
The event will feature an exclusive reveal of the Joya Smart and Joya Smart+ devices, marking them as the first AI-integrated self-shopping solutions in the industry.
These handheld devices offer customers the autonomy to scan items while shopping, track their purchases in real-time, and complete payment seamlessly, either at self-service kiosks or traditional checkout lanes. The Joya Smart models are designed to address key operational issues for retailers while enhancing the shopping experience.
Leveraging AI and RFID for loss prevention
Datalogic plans to show the effectiveness of AI and RFID technologies in safeguarding profit margins
Datalogic plans to demonstrate the effectiveness of AI and RFID technologies in safeguarding profit margins without slowing checkout processes, particularly in the grocery sector.
The Magellan® 9600 and 9900i platforms utilise AI-based audit rules to detect fraud patterns like miss-scans and item stacking in real-time, ensuring transaction accuracy.
Additionally, the PowerScan™ 9600 RFID solution records data from barcodes and RFID tags, offering visibility into item movements crucial for maintaining inventory accuracy and loss prevention in high-risk areas.
Sustainability with Gryphon 4600
An important highlight is the launch of Gryphon™ 4600, a new-generation scanner embodying sustainable design principles.
It melds exemplary operational performance with eco-conscious design, featuring low energy consumption, recycled components, and reduced packaging, proving that environmental responsibility can complement retail efficiency.
Efficient operations through mobile computing
Datalogic's mobile computing portfolio, including the Memor PDA and Skorpio series, will demonstrate its utility
Datalogic's mobile computing portfolio, including the Memor PDA and Skorpio series, will demonstrate its utility in executing core store operations like stock management, order fulfilment, and shelf verification with efficiency and precision.
Partnered with analytics platforms, these tools ensure product availability, prevent lost sales, and enhance task execution through high-performance scanning and intelligent applications.
Increasing traceability with GS1 Digital Link
Exhibiting forward-thinking development, Datalogic's solutions, including Fixed Retail Scanners, Handheld Scanners, and Mobile Computers, can read GS1 Digital Link symbologies.
This capability provides customers with expanded product information, facilitating transparency and traceability straight at checkout, in line with consumer demands and regulatory standards.
Centralised management via Datalogic Connect
Beyond management, it presents dashboards and insights essential for monitoring checkout efficiency, device status
Visitors will have the opportunity to see Datalogic Connect in action, the company's intelligent IoT platform designed for centralised device fleet management. It offers extensive oversight of device deployment, facilitates remote configuration, delivers firmware updates, diagnostics, and supports monitoring across various locations.
Beyond management, it presents dashboards and insights essential for monitoring checkout efficiency, device status, inventory movement, and loss-prevention activities in real time, thereby fostering quick operational responses and maintaining high uptime efficiency across the retail network.
Integration of advanced scanning
"For over 50 years, Datalogic has provided the retail industry with innovative solutions that deliver measurable value," stated Rosario Casillo, Executive Vice President of Data Capture Product and Solutions.
Datalogic underscores its commitment to supporting intelligent stores through the integration of advanced scanning, mobile computing, AI-assisted automation, and centralised device management, positioning retailers to address current and future challenges adeptly. Experience these groundbreaking technologies at Datalogic's booth at NRF 2026.
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 labour 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 optimised 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.
Centralised intelligence with Datalogic Connect
Attendees will experience Datalogic Connect live on the show floor—the company's intelligent IoT cloud platform for centralised 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 centralised 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.
