Abstract: A commercial establishment furnishes to its customers, upon customer identification, a shopping carrier (1) in which the shopper can place the articles selected until the shopper reaches the point of purchase (7) or dispensing/collecting units (2). Beacons (4) are disposed along the itinerary for tracking and locating the position of the shopping carrier (1). The articles placed in or taken out of the shopping carrier (1) are detected by means of sensors (3) arranged on the carrier. The anti-shoplifting devices (5) attached to the articles selected and redesigned to furnish an all-purpose identifier code. The system serves to monitor the shopping carriers (1) used by shoppers during the time they are shopping in a retail space and collects data relating to shopper behaviour during passage through the retail space.

Abstract: System (1) and method for controlling and managing shopping trolleys (2), wherein the system comprises an ID terminal (3) for each trolley (2) to be controlled, said terminal being equipped with means for communicating with at least one trolley parking bay unit (4), at least one location-finding system (6), and at least one unit (5) for detecting the passage of the trolley through the checkout. The method comprises a method for combined control of trolley output implemented in the ID terminal and the parking bay unit, a method for locating the trolley demarcation, a method for combined control of passage of the trolley through the checkout implemented in the ID terminal and the unit for detecting the passage of the trolley through the checkout, and a method for combined control of trolley input implemented in the ID terminal and the trolley parking bay unit.