Unexpected retail store blowout bursts RFID technology is indispensable

Unmanned retail stores have become another hot concept after sharing bicycles. On June 25th, the leading retailer Wahaha signed a three-year, 100,000-unit, 10-year-old Take Go unmanned store agreement. On July 8, Taobao unmanned convenience store officially opened to the public in Hangzhou. Binguo Box has opened a number of unmanned stores in Shanghai, Guangdong and other places. It is expected that there will be an increase of 200 open-end convenience stores in August. Auchan, RT-Mart, etc. have also begun to try the BingBox bingo box unmanned shop mode. Domestic unmanned convenience stores began to blow out.

In these unmanned retail stores, the use of RFID technology is frequently seen. Take the RFID unmanned retail store solution adopted by Auchan and RT-Mart as an example. The merchant sets the corresponding RFID electronic tag according to the product attribute. When the user places the product in the reading range of the RFID reader at the cashier at the door, the RFID reader The information of the RFID electronic tag of the purchased goods will be quickly and automatically recognized, and the user can complete an unattended shopping through payment means such as WeChat Alipay.

What is RFID technology?RFID technology mainly uses the RF signal to automatically identify the target object and obtain the corresponding data. The whole process of the operation process is automated without manual intervention. It is a non-contact automatic identification technology. The main advantages are:

1. The RFID handheld terminal can simultaneously recognize and read multiple RFID tags to realize express scanning.

2. RFID can penetrate non-metallic or non-transparent materials to achieve penetrability and barrier-free reading and communication.

3. The maximum capacity of RFID is up to several mega-characters, and there is a growing trend.

4. It is compact in size and diversified in shape. It is not limited by size and shape and can be applied to different products.

Other applications of RFID

In addition to the current hot unmanned retail stores, RFID technology has a wide range of market applications, including retail, logistics and warehousing, identification, traffic management, military and security, and asset management. Some apparel and retail faucets have fully deployed RFID applications. In 2016, La ChapelleGroup launched a omni-channel data chain through RFID smart store management solutions through cooperation with Ubex and Sitron Medical, using RFID to enhance the quality inspection process, improve delivery accuracy, store inventory and receipt. Goods efficiency. RFID plans to share products with accurate data, providing a foundation for big data analysis for La Chapelle brand multi-node data collection.