How the barcode, age 45, changed retailing

July 22, 2019 by Scot Meyer barcode, Scot Meyer, Universal Product Code, UPC 2019, Issue 6-24-2019, Issues, Opinion

Back in 1974, Richard Nixon became the first U.S. president to resign from office. Writer Steven King published his first novel. The Sears Tower in Chicago became the world’s tallest building. And in another first that year, a pack of Wrigley’s chewing gum was scanned at a Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio. Although little appreciated