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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