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Energous and Flagship Announce Second Commercial Deployment of Wireless Power Networks with Major Fashion Brand
Deployment in Australia at Academy Brand store, energized by multiple Energous WattUp PowerBridges SAN JOSE, Calif. & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Energous
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nDeployment in Australia at Academy Brand store, energized by multiple Energous WattUp PowerBridges\n\n SAN JOSE, Calif. & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nEnergous Corporation (Nasdaq: WATT) – a leading developer of RF-based charging for wireless power networks – and Flagship – a retail technology company that gives physical stores the ability to track their products in real time while unlocking detailed customer browsing insights – today announced their second retail store deployment of Wiliot Internet of Things (IoT) Pixel smart tags. Energous and Flagship’s latest deployment is with Academy Brand, which specializes in timeless, classic clothing for men, women and kids across Australia.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220920005349/en/1W WattUp PowerBridge from Energous (Photo: Business Wire)\nThe deployment is the second retail program announced by Energous and Flagship. The Wiliot tags in Flagship’s retail deployment are all wirelessly energized by multiple Energous WattUp PowerBridges, capturing important information such as stock integrity (in-store inventory location) as well as purchases. This helps Academy Brand to understand in-store consumer behavior and garner actionable insights related to inventory counts, loss prevention, fitting room sessions, replenishment requirements and floor merchandising.\n\n“This exciting new deployment with Academy accentuates the progress that we continue to make in the commercial rollout of wireless power networks within the retail sector,” said Cesar Johnston, CEO of Energous. “By providing a reliable source of wireless power for these tags, Energous technology is truly enabling the transformation of the smart retail space.”\n\nWiliot IoT Pixels are battery-free, active Bluetooth smart tags that can be attached to almost anything and at a low cost. In the Academy Brand deployment, the Wiliot tags are wirelessly powered by multiple Energous WattUp PowerBridges.\n\n“We were originally working with solutions that featured battery-powered BLE tags, however, Wiliot has uncovered both a cost and operational benefit that couldn’t quite be achieved with the battery-powered tags. Once we understood the level of sophistication that Energous’ wireless power transmitters and the Wiliot IoT Pixels provided, we knew this was wh...