Retailers are future-focused by necessity, but it’s also vital to learn just how far back the industry’s history of innovation goes. For example, catalogs were first introduced in 15th-century Italy, hundreds of years before Sears & Roebuck’s “Wish Book.” Coupons were born nearly 130 years ago courtesy of a little company you may have heard of called Coca-Cola.
Learn more about the surprisingly early debuts of key retail inventions like bar codes, online shopping and contactless payments via this infographic from CollectPlus.
Retailers are future-focused by necessity, but it’s also vital to learn just how far back the industry’s history of innovation goes. For example, catalogs were first introduced in 15th-century Italy, hundreds of years before Sears & Roebuck’s “Wish Book.” Coupons were born nearly 130 years ago courtesy of a little company you may have heard of called Coca-Cola.
Learn more about the surprisingly early debuts of key retail inventions like bar codes, online shopping and contactless payments via this infographic from CollectPlus.
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