Supermarket giant Tesco is set to trial a new contactless system that would see a record of your shop being sent to your phone – bringing an end to paper receipts.
Tesco – which runs a number of Express stores in the borough and a superstore in Carlton Hill – is trialling Tap&Tag technology, which replaces paper receipts with digital receipts when customers make a purchase at one of its stores.
To use the system, the customer would simply tap on the Tap&Tag console at the checkout with any contactless bank card or NFC enabled phone. And following an online registration, a digital receipt is sent instantly via email, app or web portal to the customer’s chosen device.
There is also an option for participating retailers to attach offers and promotions to the digital receipts.
If Tesco decide the trial is a success, they could soon rollout the technology across its estate – something it will decide once the trial ends in November.
Neil McGeough, technical programme manager at Tesco, said that the trial, which is currently taking place at two stores in Harlow, Essex, should help reduce its paper costs, carbon footprint and to give customers more choice.
He told Marketing Week: “We are edging towards a completely paperless future when it comes to receipts and this is because digital natives just don’t like putting paper into their wallets.
“This trend will keep on growing over the next five years and wallets will become a thing of the past. Soon there will be receipts on your phone, loyalty cards on your phone and bank details on your phone.”
