News: 40th Birthday of the UPC barcode

At 8.01am on June 26, 1974 shopper Clyde Dawson and Marsh supermarket cashier Sharon Buchannan made history when the first ever UPC (Unique Product Code) barcode marked item was scanned at a retail checkout. The NCR cash register in Troy, Ohio rang up 67 cents when a 10 pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit chewing gum was the first item randomly picked from up from an entire shopping cart of barcoded items – that pack of gum subsequently  went on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History.

To celebrate this historic and in my opinion pretty cool event I’ve put together this fun infographic in conjunction with http://www.cartridge-warehouse.co.uk/ , http://www.feedyourzebra.co.uk/ and http://www.smartlabelling.co.uk/

 

For a tech-reliant young man such as myself, it’s hard to imagine a world without barcodes. I cannot even begin to think how ‘fun’ stock control must have been. It’s for this reason I would appreciate hearing any stories about how barcodes have affected you or your business.  

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