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Re:E-ink is so Retropunk by FirmwareBurner on Saturday August 26, 2023 @04:20PM (#37276508)
>A store with 5000 items each requiring a LCD pricetag would be constantly replacing little batteries

Errr, not really. LCD price tags existed before e-ink (and still do) and battery life was not much worse. It's something like 1.5x-2x tops, so enough to make business sense, but not orders of magnitudes earth shattering as one might assume.

Re:E-ink is so Retropunk by AshamedCaptain on Saturday August 26, 2023 @05:09PM (#37276926)
In fact, most retail shops that have anything other than paper use LCD price tags. If they are making the switch is because they expect to be frequently updating them... and then any eInk battery life advantage evaporates.
Re:E-ink is so Retropunk by FirmwareBurner on Saturday August 26, 2023 @05:14PM (#37276973)
> If they are making the switch is because they expect to be frequently updating them...

Not necessarily that. They're making the switch to digital price tags because it's much quicker and easier to run promos on certain items to clear the shelves before closing time on perishable goods, but most importantly, they're making the switch because when employee have to manually change paper price tags, mistakes happen far too often, and stores end up in situations where the price on the self doesn't match the price on the cash register, angering customers who in certain jurisdictions are entitled to compensation for the store's pricing mistake.

Digital price tags ensure such mistakes are gone saving the store money over time.