Beep. We’ve come a long way since June 26, 1974 when the first bar code was scanned at a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. That legendary pack of Juicy Fruit proved that even the smallest of items could ...

June 26, 1974 was an historical milestone that changed the shopping experience: That’s the date the first item was ever scanned with a barcode. Juicy Fruit gum at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio, became ...

The UPC barcode, appearing as a sequence of vertical lines on a product label, revolutionized the retail industry 50 years ago by automating price lookup at checkout. While the technology has endured, ...

Once upon a time, a restless cashier would eye each and every item you, the consumer, purchased and key it into the register. This took skill but also time—and proved to be an imperfect way to keep ...

The next generation of barcodes includes a heavy emphasis on QR codes and smartphone-use. Fifty years ago, on June 26, 1974, the first universal product code (UPC) was scanned at a Marsh Supermarket ...

Christoph Wagner is the CEO of Scanbot SDK, a software development company specializing in data capture software for mobile and web apps. Considering how quickly retail is changing, it is astounding ...

Warehouses, retail floors, logistics hubs and healthcare facilities all have one thing in common: speed and accuracy matter. When inventory tracking slows down or scanning errors creep in, costs rise ...

OCR Canada Ltd has acquired Multisource Group Corp, a Calgary-based provider of barcode and radio-frequency identification (RFID) data collection solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. OCR ...

In an age where authenticity is of utmost importance to consumers, the circulation of false claims regarding barcodes has raised concerns among shoppers in South Africa. Recently, messages have ...