(NEXSTAR) – Look at any Aldi-brand product for more than a few seconds, and you’ll undoubtedly notice a peculiar quantity of barcodes, some of which extend along the entire length of the product. They ...

The retail and supply chain sectors are experiencing their most significant transformation since the barcode’s introduction ...

As sustainability continues to be at the forefront of innovation, invisible barcodes have emerged as a revolutionary solution in the packaging industry. These nearly imperceptible markers are ...

The time it takes to fumble around with items at self-checkout, searching for barcode after barcode to scan, really adds up. Walmart thinks it has found a solution for that. The retail giant added ...

An interesting little story about how one might increase the productivity of retail services. Aldi has a reputation that its checkout people scan items some 40% faster than those in other retail ...

Hailed as 'space-age' technology upon their launch in Britain in 1979, 'bar-coding' was praised as a wonderful invention that would speed up the weekly shop. But 50 years after being first used on ...

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On 26 June, 1974, a packet of Juicy Fruit chewing gum passed through the checkout at a grocery store in Troy, Ohio, becoming the first ever item to have its barcode scanned. Within months, millions of ...