
Even in the age of downloads and streaming, film studios and music labels continue to supply an enormous amount of digital media, such as CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays, with both audio and video content, as well as computer games and software. However, not all of the copies of these products sell; a small yet significant amount of residual stock remains on the shelves, begging the question: what happens to the unsold media? The return of this stock, so-called trade returns, is a logistical challenge that can be efficiently dealt with by, among other methods, barcode reading technology from Cognex.