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by flacebo 880 days ago
I was really surprised how futuristic the shopping experience in Decathlon is. Every item has a unique rfid (or something) tag, and all you have to do is put them in a box at checkout, and it scans them automatically.

Most of their items has this tag inside the regular tags, I guess this would be much harder to implement in a regular store.

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> I guess this would be much harder to implement in a regular store.

Also very uneconomical. RFID tags have a cost, while printing a barcode on a package that is anyway printed is totally free. Unless there's a clear economical advantage that compensates for the lost revenue, this is a no-go for less expensive items like what you find in a grocery store.