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We never tire of watching this–a scene from a big box store in Germany. Somehow it doesn’t even matter that it was probably–OK obviously–staged by the checkout folks. The [...]

One of the many fun things about running a barcode test lab is seeing the wide range of sorts and conditions of barcodes. Some are just badly printed. Others show some creative genius. All of [...]

Check out the checkout at a German retail store…click HERE and enjoy the video! May the spirit of the season warm your heart. Our gift to you: Happy Holidays from Barcode-Test. John [...]

May the barcode industry rest in peace. Last week at the National Retail Federation trade show in New York City, a bunch of us “first generation” (AKA old) barcode industry types ran into each [...]

As the saying goes, there’s more than one way to skin a cat; yes, most problems offer multiple solutions. That is certainly true of controlling the risk and liability—financial and otherwise—of [...]

The Black Friday shopping numbers are just starting to come in—was it another down year for consumer holiday spending like last year? These numbers are an insight into consumer confidence and the [...]

Well, that may be a bit of hyperbole, but here are some pretty bad barcodes:   Guess what this looks like to a scanner?   …it looks like a white patch of absolutely nothing. Too bad since [...]

  Hasn’t this drum already been beaten to death? How could there possibly be anything new or interesting to say about barcode quality? Well, read on and then decide. Everybody already knows [...]

Best practices for any company involved in barcoding is to have a barcode quality policy. Who is a company “…involved in barcoding…? The short answer is any company with potential liability if a [...]

Why do different barcode scanners behave differently? Even some scanners of the same brand and model behave differently. Why is this? Barcode scanners, like other devices, are manufactured to a [...]