Albert Heijn to go I Tap to Go.

Dutch retailer Albert Heijn has started testing a new cashless shopping system at its AH To Go stores. The ‘tap, grab and go’ system involves in-store electronic shelf labels that can be scanned with an Albert Heijn loyalty card.

Customers can tap the label, which registers the item and places it in their digital basket, grab the item, and pay automatically via an app on their phone, without using a checkout. The payment amount is deducted automatically within ten minutes from their account.

Panasonic demonstrate batteryless NFC E Ink shelf labels.

Panasonic published a new video, demonstrating its new electronic shelf labels (ESL) that are batteryless and uses NFC and an E Ink display. The ESLs are powered by Panasonic's 8-bit MN101L MCUs that use 64kb RRAM memory