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Bigger Bar Code Inches Up on Retailers
In a little more than two years, retailers in the United
States and Canada will face a deadline that promises technological challenges akin to the Year 2000 computer problem. Starting Jan. 1,
2005, the 12-digit bar codes retailers use will go to 13 digits. The additional number (and associated bars and spaces) is enough to
make checkout scanners seize up and make computers crash, perhaps disrupting entire supply chains. But many retailers have yet to
focus on a problem that will require significant investments in time and capital.
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