Target’s free iPhone app now offers a barcode-scanning feature.Target BYOBS. That stands for “bring your own bar code scanner,” and more and more shoppers like the concept–so much so that Target has ...

As retailers prepare to scan 2D barcodes at checkout, brands are using the same code to handle disclosure rules and ...

The next generation of barcodes includes a heavy emphasis on QR codes and smartphone-use. Fifty years ago, on June 26, 1974, the first universal product code (UPC) was scanned at a Marsh Supermarket ...

A barcode (sometimes seen as two words, bar code) is the small image of lines (bars) and spaces that is affixed to retail store items, identification cards and postal mail to identify a particular ...

Beep. We’ve come a long way since June 26, 1974 when the first bar code was scanned at a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. That legendary pack of Juicy Fruit proved that even the smallest of items could ...

Benjamin Claeys is CEO of QR TIGER, MENU TIGER and GiftLips. He also hosts Stay QRious, a podcast about QR code best practices. Barcodes have been a staple of commerce since the first UPC barcode was ...

On June 26, 1974, a checkout employee at a Marsh supermarket in Troy, Ohio, became the first person to scan a grocery item—a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit chewing gum—using a Universal Product Code ...

One of the most widely used technologies in retail is now 70. On this day in 1952, a patent was granted for the optically scanned barcode. It’s now universally recognized as a series of vertical lines ...

The initiative by the standards organization could bring traditional 1D barcodes into the 2D world of data matrix and QR-codes. After five decades of barcode use at the point of sale, the technology ...

The Falcon-234CGH is a 2MP onsemi AR0234 Color Global Shutter Autofocus USB Camera, and Vadzo is positioning it for accurate ...