QR codes are a type of barcode, or scannable pattern, that contain various forms of data, like website links, account ...

In 1974, two Drexel University students found that an oscillating mirror laser could scan and read barcodes, their solution for more efficient grocery store management. Quick-response codes, or QR ...

New Delhi: The barcode that revolutionised supermarket checkout and facilitated retail globalisation is turning 50. Over the years, the stripes shown below on packages of products supermarkets, ...

Godfrey concluded: “Scanning smart QR codes can help retailers track expiry dates, rotate stock and discount items nearing their best-before date – stopping out-of-date items being sold to consumers ...

Retailers are adding pay-by-bank QR codes at checkout to bypass traditional card network fees and surcharges. A good example ...

Barcodes are set to disappear in favour of modern QR codes. After more than 50 years of ubiquity, the organisation that oversees the world's barcodes is preparing to consign them to the bargain bin of ...

The patch of irregular vertical lines that revolutionised checking out at the supermarket and facilitated the globalisation of retail is turning 50. But as the barcode celebrates its birthday on ...