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The old-school supermarket chain where the first barcode was scanned

Discover the old-school supermarket chain where the first barcode was scanned -- and how that single moment revolutionized ...
RFID Journal

First RFID/Bar Code Scanner

Sept. 27, 2002 — There are some people who believe that they won’t see RFID labels being used to track individual items in stores in their lifetime. In fact, the first testing of such a system could ...
WVXU

50 years ago, the first retail barcode was scanned at an Ohio grocery store

Vintage photo from Carillon Park display shows the NCR 255 register and barcode scanner in action. Fifty years ago at Marsh’s grocery store in Troy, a pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum became the ...
The Atlantic

The Barcode Engineered Its Own Downfall

To marvel at the choice and convenience of modern shopping, go visit your grocery-store mustard aisle. My local Whole Foods sells more than 20 different kinds: basic yellow mustard and Grey Poupon, ...
Reuters

Norman Woodland, co-inventor of bar code, dies at 91

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Norman Woodland, co-inventor of the bar code, the inventory tracking tool that transformed global commerce in the 1970s and saved shoppers countless hours on the supermarket ...