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Celebrating the barcode’s impact and future

Summary by Retail World Magazine
With today marking World Barcode Day (26 June), GS1 Australia is encouraging all businesses and consumers to recognise and celebrate the barcode’s impact and the advancements shaping its future. The first commercial barcode scan took place 51 years ago on June 26, 1974, when a packet of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum was scanned at a supermarket in Ohio, US. Here in Australia, there are more than 300 million barcode ‘beeps’ every day, powering “seaml…
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Retail World Magazine broke the news in on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
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