Short reads on connected products, DPP and the standards behind them.
Commentary, regulatory updates and field notes from teams shipping Digital Product Passports in production today.
ESPR's first delegated acts land: what changes in 2026
Textiles, iron and steel, and furniture are first in line. Here's how the timelines actually translate into product-level work for brands operating across the EU.
Read insightThe EU Battery Passport: a 90-day readiness checklist
February 2027 is closer than it looks. A practical 90-day readiness plan for industrial and EV battery producers — and the three workstreams that take the longest.
Read insightWhy GS1 Digital Link just hit its tipping point
GS1's 'Sunrise 2027' moves the world's barcodes onto Digital Link. For any brand still using proprietary QR for connected products, the cost of staying proprietary just went up.
Read insightWine e-labels: one year in, what actually worked
Wine got connected packaging first. A year of production data later, three things stand out — and they're exactly the lessons every category preparing for a DPP should copy.
Read insightBuild vs buy DPP software: the real numbers we see
Anonymised numbers from real build-vs-buy decisions we've sat in on this year. Spoiler: the build estimates almost always underweight the boring 90% of the stack.
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