“As part of our announced plans for additional investments and improvements to stores across the country, we're converting the self-checkout lanes at our 7437 Watson Road store in Shrewsbury, MO ...

According to a November 2023 LendingTree survey of 2,000 U.S. consumers, 15% of self-checkout users have purposely stolen an item − and 44% of self-checkout thieves plan to do it again.

In the last decade, self-checkout has become a defining feature of modern retail. Some places can’t imagine operating without it, while others still see it as a novelty. Having built a self ...

BOSTON – For stores, self-checkout is supposed to be a cost saver. For customers, it's supposed to be a time saver. But is self-checkout still worth it? Suddenly, retailers are not saving as ...

After years of investing in self-checkout machines, some major retailers are starting to reverse course. Dollar General said it has eliminated self-checkout options at about 12,000 locations, a ...

Self-checkout is a necessary evil Retailers probably didn't foresee millions of dollars in losses when they set out to install their first self-checkout counters.

Some stores, like Target, enforce self-checkout as an express lane by limiting you to 10 items or fewer. Even if the rule isn't spelled out in black and white, however, it's good form to have some ...

Nearly four in five consumers (79.3%) use self-checkout regularly, according to a recent CapitalOne Shopping Research report. Consumers appreciate the speed of self-checkout, according to NCR ...

The self-checkout market experienced a “new record year” in 2023, according to a recent report from RBR Data Services. Over 217,000 terminals were delivered globally, up 12% year over year.

She said that during the pandemic, people didn't want to buy items face-to-face, and stores were having a hard time with staffing. At the time, self-checkout fixed both issues. But now, theft is a ...