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Electronic shelf label blog
Five articles on electronic shelf labels: cost per price change, labour hours saved, Black Friday, vendor lock-in and accessibility. All sourced.
Five articles on electronic shelf labels (ESL) in non-pharmacy retail, each built around one decision: what a price change costs, how to measure the hours saved, how to run a mass markdown, what to demand so you are not tied to one vendor, and what the law asks on accessibility. Every article cites its sources and shows a review date.
Which article answers your question
| If you are asking… | Read | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Is a price change cheaper on paper or on an electronic label? | Electronic vs paper labels | The cost of each change broken down step by step, with assumptions flagged so you can swap in your own |
| How many hours would I really save? | Measuring labour hours saved | A sampling method to set a baseline in your own store before you talk to vendors |
| Can the system handle thousands of changes overnight? | Black Friday without errors | Rehearsal, scheduling, verification, prior price and a rollback plan |
| Could I switch vendor in five years’ time? | Vendor lock-in: what is really open | What to put in the contract on radio, platform, data export and API |
| Can shoppers read the labels, and what does the law say? | ESL accessibility | Font size, contrast, the use of red and the actual scope of the European Accessibility Act |
The first three help you build the business case; the last two help you write the tender. If you only read one before asking for quotes, make it the one on measuring hours: without your own baseline, any savings figure a vendor gives you cannot be checked.
Covered in other sections
What is happening in the market, such as which retailers are rolling out labels and with which vendor, is covered in news. Price display duties, including unit pricing and the prior price in price reductions, have their own regulation section. For a full route from start to finish, use the electronic shelf label buyer’s guide.
If you are new to the topic, start with what an electronic shelf label is. The cost and ROI calculator uses the same concepts as the paper-versus-electronic article, and the glossary explains terms such as ESL, ePaper or NFC in a few lines.
Pharmacy and parapharmacy are not covered here; they have their own home on FarmaConnect.
How the articles are written
Third-party data links to its original source, and when a figure cannot be verified the article says so rather than rounding it. Full criteria are in the editorial methodology, and the comparisons follow the same rules.
This site is published by Keonex, which makes and deploys electronic shelf labels. That is why no article recommends a vendor without stating the criteria, and what is said about Keonex is limited to what the company has confirmed.
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Electronic shelf label accessibility: what can be read, what cannot, and what the law says
Font size, contrast, red-green colour blindness, readability on the shelf and what the European Accessibility Act means for electronic price labels.
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Electronic shelf labels and vendor lock-in: what is really open
Proprietary radio, labels tied to one platform, data export and APIs: what you can demand before signing, and what the public sources actually say.
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Electronic Shelf Labels and Black Friday: Mass Price Changes Without Errors
How to change thousands of prices on Black Friday with electronic shelf labels: rehearsal, scheduling, verification, the prior price and a way back.
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Electronic vs paper shelf-edge labels: what each price change costs
What a price change costs with paper and with electronic shelf labels, step by step, plus a method to time it in your own store. Assumptions flagged.
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How to measure the labour hours electronic shelf labels save in your own store
How to measure the hours electronic shelf labels save in your own store: baseline sampling, sample size, what not to count, and a recording template.
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Frequently asked questions
Who writes the blog?
The editorial team of this site, which Keonex publishes and discloses on the About page. Each article cites its sources and states when it was last updated.
How often is it updated?
There is no fixed schedule. We publish when there is something verifiable to say, and existing articles are reviewed and re-dated when the underlying data changes.
Are there articles about pharmacy?
Not here. Pharmacy and parapharmacy topics live on FarmaConnect, so content is not duplicated across domains.
Work out the total cost of a project
A calculator with editable assumptions: labels, gateways, software, installation and a 60-month rental option. No vendor prices: you supply them.