BARCODES in supermarkets could soon become a thing of the past as stores begin trialling a new generation of QR codes on ...

The initiative that gives consumers detailed product information via QR codes is gearing up for a major shift in retail technology.

Who would have thought that the lowly barcode, the stodgy grandfather of the identification technology world, would reemerge as a marketer’s dream? Well, it is happening. A new generation of barcodes ...

The zebra-striped labels are in the process of being phased out in favour of new, square-shaped QR codes in a move that could put an end to squinting at tiny product labels and accidentally buying ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The checkout has changed over the years. First, cashiers manually punched in the price of an item, then the scanners made check-out much quicker, and today, there's self-check-out.

QR code, short for Quick Response Code, is a kind of matrix barcode that includes information about a product or service. You can find it being used for advertising purposes, where brands put up ...

Hailed as 'space-age' technology upon their launch in Britain in 1979, 'bar-coding' was praised as a wonderful invention that would speed up the weekly shop. But 50 years after being first used on ...