Why and how were Barcodes introduced? What country used them first?
Why and how were Barcodes introduced? What country used them first?
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They were introduced to the market place in the early to mid-1970s to reduce the labor costs of marking and remarking prices on goods and products. They were first invented in the 1940s and patented in the United States.
I think the United States or Great Britain (UK) first used them.
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1. Nina_L | September 7th, 2007 at 10:08 am
The barcode was invented in 1949 (the year the patent was filed), but wasn’t used in a supermarket until 1974. The first item with a barcode scanned in a supermarket was a 10 pack of Wrigley’s gum. That was in the Marsh supermarket in Troy, OH on June 26, 1974 at 8:01 am. That store was chosed because it was close to NCR in Dayton, OH. They are the company that designed the checkout counter.
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