NerdWallet

Universal Product Code (UPC): What It Is & How to Get a UPC Code

UPC barcodes contain key information that can make small businesses more efficient and easier to manage. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...
SFGate

Bar code's reign may yield to new tech

In 1948, a supermarket executive showed up at the Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia with a request: He wanted the engineers there to design a technology that could encode information ...
Entrepreneur

The Man Who Invented a Technology Used Billions of Times a Day Doesn’t Get Credit for It. Now He’s Setting the Record Straight.

Paul McEnroe, an award-winning engineer who spent more than two decades in leadership roles at IBM, opens up about the Universal Product Code’s development and the misconception that persists. McEnroe ...
NerdWallet

SKU vs. UPC: What’s the Difference?

SKUs are for internal use while UPCs are for external use. Here's how to use both codes in a small business. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...