

Bar Codes Talk has sold over 200,000,000 barcodes to thousands of different companies worldwide. Through the entire process Bar Codes Talk has worked closely with them, gaining knowledge and becoming experts.

(2021) - Over the span of 50 years barcode numbers have made themselves a household name when it comes to inventory management and keeping track of sales in a POS system.(2016) - eBay, another online sales powerhouse saw the benefits that the GTIN offered and in early 2016 they began GTIN requirements for many of their product categories.GTIN would be used to identify the family of data structures offered by GS1, this would include the following. (2012) - As the adoption of barcode numbers skyrocketed GS1 quickly realized they needed a more reliable way to identify their many formats, this brought on the umbrella term “GTIN” or Global Trade Item Number.

Our many years focused on barcode labels made us experts in the field, which helped us quickly become industry leaders in the UPC and EAN barcode marketplace. (2009) - Just a short year later in 2009, Bar Codes Talk expanded their business to offer UPC and EAN barcode numbers.(2008) - Amazon changes their regulations to require barcodes for products sold on their platform in 2008 by realizing the benefits of utilizing barcodes for their inventory management system. Amazon (founded in 1994) also sits on GS1’s Board of Governors.

This change would make GS1 the sole barcode provider for companies across the globe.
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(1984) - In 1984, the UPCC changed their name again to the Uniform Code Council (UCC) to conform with the Uniform Communications Standards for computer to computer communication for grocery and public warehouses.(1974) - In 1974 the UGPCC became the Uniform Product Code Council (UPCC) due to barcode numbers expanding outside of the grocery industry.The first “shopper” was Clyde Dawson, who was head of research and development for Marsh Supermarket. (1974) - On June 26, 1974, the first item marked with the Universal Product Code (UPC) was scanned at the checkout of Troy, Ohio’s Marsh Supermarket.(1973) - In 1973, the Uniform Grocery Code Council (UGPCC) recommended the use of the UPC barcode symbol.Let's dive into a basic history of the UPC and EAN Barcode.
