Archive
Marsh Supermarket
The UPC Barcode Stalled for a Decade After It Worked
A year after the first UPC barcode was scanned in 1974, exactly thirty American stores were scanning at the checkout. The delay was never technical.
Depth you can skim
Archive
A year after the first UPC barcode was scanned in 1974, exactly thirty American stores were scanning at the checkout. The delay was never technical.