Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first modern barcode was scanned 50 years ago this summer – on a 10-pack of chewing gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio.

By 2027, retailers everywhere will scan 2D barcodes at checkout. It's time for brands to decide how they will update ...

The first modern barcode was scanned 50 years ago this summer—on a 10-pack of chewing gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. Fifty is ancient for most technologies, but barcodes are still going strong.

The invention of the UPC barcode in 1973 revolutionised retail and paved the way for unprecedented efficiency gains in supply chains. Slapping a barcode on everything—from car parts and industrial ...

Today, millions of businesses around the world power commerce with GS1 Barcode Standards. GS1, the not-for-profit organization behind global barcode standards, has a bold goal designed to help ...

Beep. You hear it every time you buy a product in a retail store. The checkout person slides your purchase over a scanner embedded in their checkout stand, or shoots it with a handheld scanner. The ...

Barcode technology makes real-time data collection possible. Despite the multitude of barcodes in existence today, universal product codes remain among the most useful to a small business. Because UPC ...

As retailers and consumers alike, we have all encountered those mysterious linear symbols located on the back of packages, products and tags as we browse through a retail store. If you’ve ever ...

WENDELL, N.C. -- George J. Laurer, the man who invented the Universal Product Code (UPC) and called Wendell his home died Thursday. He was 94. The groundbreaking electrical engineer worked at IBM for ...