It’s hard to believe that the invention of the UPC — first used by railroads almost 100 years ago and then introduced to speed grocery checkout lines back in 1974 — hasn’t changed. Groundbreaking at ...

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, ...

Datalogic has introduced the Gryphon 4600 series handheld barcode scanner, which is designed for reading 1D and 2D barcodes across retail, manufacturing, logistics, and ...

This year marks a major milestone in retail supply chain technology: the 50th anniversary of the very first retail barcode scan. On June 26, 1974, the first Universal Product Code (UPC) was scanned on ...

BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Digimarc Corporation (DMRC) (NASDAQ: DMRC), a global leader in digital watermarking and product digitization technologies, today announced it will deploy one of the ...

The retail and supply chain sectors are experiencing their most significant transformation since the barcode’s introduction in 1974. By December 31, 2027, businesses must ensure their point-of-sale ...

The Joint Industry Coupon Committee (JICC) urged retailers to prepare for the retirement of UPC Prefix 5 coupon barcodes from manufacturer coupons. These symbols will no longer be used after June 30, ...