Stores across the UK have now adopted barcodes as the way they identify stock and update inventory status at a point of sale. Without barcodes every item would have to be individually priced and detailed stock takes would have to be completed regularly. Occasionally items don’t come with barcodes as standard or shops want to […]
You’ll likely see barcodes printed on just about every product that you buy in store nowadays, however barcodes don’t just have to be pre-printed onto packaging, they can also be stuck onto a product at a later date thanks to barcode labels. Barcode labels can be used in industry to locate stock or goods. They […]
Westminster and Camden councils have laid out plans to use QR codes on the sides of public waste bins to promote recycling. Currently the London councils have the biggest street litter problem in the UK, with 25,000 tonnes of litter produced every year. And the problem with this is that only around 10% of it […]
A dairy cow has had a QR code spray painted on its back to promote the UK dairy industry. The QR code, which is a type of souped-up barcode, can be scanned by smartphones or other specialist readers and directs users to a blog which records the cow’s daily routine. Somerby dairy farmer Jane Barnes […]
Payment for goods in store just got easier thanks to online payment service PayPal. PayPal is the familiar method of payment online, which thousands of users have as adopted as standard over the last decade or so, especially users of online marketplace eBay. So to break into the standard retail shopping arena has taken a […]
A new system of cash withdrawal has been developed by ATM manufacturer NCR and the system uses barcodes at the core of its technology. NCR are looking for a partner to help them rollout their new cash withdrawal method, which involves customers simply having their mobile phone scanned by the cash dispenser to release funds. […]
Renowned for their innovative products and applications, Apple showed developers at its recent Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco it is always looking to stay ahead of the game, with the introduction of its new Passbook app. Along with the unveiling of its flagship operating system iOS6, the company took the opportunity to showcase Passbook, […]
A new study from Scanbuy, the ScanLife mobile barcode developer, has shown that there has been a huge increase in traffic over the past year in the number of people using mobile phones to scan barcode labels and QR codes. The company monitors traffic for a variety of brands in the United States and through […]
