A bar code is a universal commodity code that represents information list of saint lucia consumer email recorded by means of numbers and lines and is intended for automated identification and accounting of information.
On June 26, 1974, at a Marsh supermarket in Ohio, a computer was connected to a laser reader and the system fixed the price. One Clyde Dyson, for the first time in the world, bought Wrigley's Juicy Fruit for 00.67 cents by scanning a barcode.
From that day, the markets began to diversify products, trade and retail development, logistics, shipping, travel and almost everything became easier.
Soon after, the EAN (European Article Numbering Association) was formed by the initiative of twelve European states. After non-European countries joined the association, the system gained international status and has been widely used all over the world since then.
The global international article numbering system EAN/UCC was created at the expense of the union of European (European Article Numbering Association – EAN international) and North American (Uiform Code Council – UCC) article numbering associations.
Despite the fact that the EAN/UCC system is non-mandatory and voluntary in its status, the absence of a barcode on the goods negatively affects its competitiveness. This is due to the fact that modern trade firms use automated goods movement technologies and do not accept goods without a barcode.
