When was the first commercial barcode scanner used in a retail store, marking the beginning of modern automated checkout systems?

The humble barcode transformed retail forever, automating inventory management and speeding up checkout lines worldwide. But its path from invention to widespread adoption was surprisingly long and complex. Test your knowledge about this revolutionary retail technology that we now take for granted but which fundamentally changed how stores operate and track products.

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1974, when a pack of Wrigley's gum was scanned at a Marsh supermarket in Ohio
1952, when Norman Joseph Woodland patented the first barcode system
1966, when the first UPC code standard was developed by the grocery industry
1980, when IBM released its first mass-market barcode scanning system