• 09/20/2024

Prologue Journal

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The 50-Year-Old Technology That Brands and Retailers Are Trying to Quit

Wall Street Journal

Standardized barcodes that stores use to scan items at checkout made their debut in 1974. Now, the industry wants to replace them with QR codes.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-50-year-old-technology-that-brands-and-retailers-are-trying-to-quit-1fbfab3f