1937, the world's first shopping cart appeared in a shopping mall in Oklahoma, USA.

1942, the world's first supermarket appeared in London, England.

1948, the first large supermarket was born in London.

1950, Diner's Club of the United States launched the world's first universal credit card.

1974, the bar code of genetically modified goods first appeared on the packaging of yellow arrow chewing gum in a supermarket in Oklahoma, USA.

1990, the world wide web appeared.

1994, Amazon website and Yi Bei e-shopping website were born.

1995, commodity bar code, a self-scanning shopper, first appeared in Britain.

In 2005, Nokia and MasterCard studied the mobile payment method. Credit card transactions need a specific chip and user ID number, not the user's signature.

PS:1965438+On September 9th, 2006, the first self-service store, Piggy Twisting, opened in Memphis, Tennessee. Its operator, Clarence Saunders, applied for a patent in 19 17 for this retail business model in which consumers choose the goods on the shelves themselves and finally settle accounts. This is the prototype of the supermarket. Supermarkets quickly swept the world. In order to make their products more attractive in supermarkets, the advertising and commodity packaging industries also developed accordingly.