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Barcode Design Creative Options from Japan1 comment

svigneault wrote 1 week ago: Many people think barcodes are pretty homely. Packaging design professionals, in particular, often   … more →

Tags: bar code

Anniversary of 1st Barcode Patent Honored by Google

sterling1 wrote 1 month ago: Today is the 57th anniversary of the first barcode patent. Apparently that interested Google enough … more →

Tags: bar code

Challenging Barcode Quiz Offered by SupplyChainDigest

svigneault wrote 4 months ago: Are you a barcode guru? That’s the question SupplyChainDigest can help you resolve by taking t … more →

Tags: global standards, GS1, bar code, GS1 Adoption

QR Code Update: Can 83% of Young Japanese Mobile Phone Users be Wrong?1 comment

svigneault wrote 5 months ago: I saw a poll the other day in which some reputable group estimated the President’s current pop … more →

Tags: global standards, bar code, 2D barcodes

Federal Court Judge: State-Specific Barcodes Likely Unconstitutional

sterling1 wrote 5 months ago: You could say this is water under the bridge since this story has been featured here a couple of tim … more →

Tags: GS1, bar code

RFID Approaching Cost Parity with Passive Systems?

sterling1 wrote 6 months ago: If I made electronic swizzle sticks that could be used to stir your cocktail and clean your ears, yo … more →

Tags: bar code

GS1 UK Offers Music A Single Barcode License Scheme for £25!

sterling1 wrote 6 months ago: What’s this? Alaster Purchase, Operations Director of GS1 UK, explained: “The introducti … more →

Tags: GS1

Fake Product Clues: Barcodes, Certification Marks... and Spelling?

sterling1 wrote 6 months ago: Local broadcast news outlets routinely run stories warning viewers about the dangers of faulty, coun … more →

Tags: brand integrity, counterfeiting

As We Say At Loftware: If You Can't Label, You Can't Ship!

Christopher Little wrote 6 months ago: This product labeling news story out of  New York is gaining so much attention that even GS1  US spo … more →

Tags: C-Level Issues, GS1, bar code, GS1 Adoption

H.R. 875 vs Prudent People Doing the Right Thing?1 comment

sterling1 wrote 6 months ago: This is about a U.S. House of representative’s bill called the Food Safety Modernization Act o … more →

Barcodes Go Bananas?

svigneault wrote 6 months ago: They are barcoding banana plants in Australia but for the life of me I can’t figure out what t … more →

Free Lunch Coupon with No Barcode Leaves KFC Customers Fried

sterling1 wrote 6 months ago: Barcodes were apparently not in the secret recipe of this marketing disaster by Kentucky Fried Chick … more →

Loftware at Collaborate09 - Booth #4046

Christopher Little wrote 7 months ago: We’ll be at the Collaborate09 user’s group (exhibiting in booth #4046) in Orlando, Flori … more →

An Emerging Market Index You May Find Useful and Profitable to Follow

sterling1 wrote 8 months ago: I should know by now there’s an investment index for just about everything, but it came as new … more →

Tags: Emerging Markets Labeling, global standards, GS1

Not Yet GS1 Barcode Compliant But Still Promising? New Barcode Changes Color, Disables Scan, if Food Goes Bad

sterling1 wrote 8 months ago: Two university researchers and a food safety company have collaborated in the development of a new b … more →

Tags: GS1

QR Code Marketing Campaigns Can Now Tie to Google Earth in Real-Time

svigneault wrote 8 months ago: How cool is this… through a UK-based operation called QRMe, you can get a real-time Google Ear … more →

Tags: bar code, Emerging Markets Labeling, global standards, GS1

GS1, Barcodes, Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup, and Christopher Kane

sterling1 wrote 9 months ago: Catchy headline isn’t it? But it is just my way of again trying to make the point that when so … more →

A Real-Time Barcode Clock

sterling1 wrote 9 months ago: If you’re in the product ID business, or anywhere in the supply chain for that matter, you may want … more →

Tags: GS1

Reader Informs Us of Online QR Codes News, Video and Forum Site

svigneault wrote 10 months ago: In case you’re not in the habit of scanning reader comments, on an post from last week reader … more →

Tags: GS1, bar code


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