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Pete Hahnloser to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 9 months ago

Walmart’s use of digital price tags signal the future of retail shopping, but consumers are worried

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Walmart’s use of digital price tags signal the future of retail shopping, but consumers are worried

www.techspot.com

Pete Hahnloser to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 9 months ago
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Walmart is leading the charge to replace traditional paper price tags with electronic shelf labels (ESLs) by 2026. The retailer aims to introduce the technology in 2,300...
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  • @ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org
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    15•9 months ago

    Can’t wait for somebody to hack them, the displays are certainly neat. Especially if they manage to add it to an existing Home Automation network without extra hardware.

    • Madis
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      1•9 months ago

      https://youtu.be/JOIp4s4YNEs

    • @yopla@jlai.lu
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      Done and done.

      I really feel like I fell in a time machine and I’m reading and article from 2018 since digital price tags have been the norm in my country for years.

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