date:Jul 24, 2014
Three Carrefour hypermarkets in Madrid, Spain, will pilot Proximus' solution to track shopping trolleys and baskets this autumn, according to a report in the RFID Journal.
Proximus, the Spanish company providing the technology, wanted to develop a product to allow retailers to connect with their shoppers in the same way that online stores are connecting with theirs. It developed Bluetooth beacons that transmit a unique ID number to sensors, which then forward the data collected to a cloud-based