Self-checkout machines are themselves designed to negotiate several trade-offs. Employers want lower costs. But they also ...

Self-checkout lanes were supposed to revolutionize shopping. They promised faster transactions, lower labor costs, and a ...

Walmart’s recent decision to eliminate self-checkout stations from select locations has sent shockwaves through the retail industry, marking a significant departure from the automation trend that has ...

Walmart spent years telling shoppers that scanning their own groceries was the future of retail. Now the company is quietly ...

WINTER HAVEN, Florida -- Police in Florida are looking for a group of people who used a Walmart self-checkout as their own personal slot machine. Last week, at least eight people who appeared to know ...

California SB 442 aims to regulate self-checkout machines in stores, requiring a dedicated employee to assist customers. The bill also limits items allowed in self-checkout and expands the ban on ...

Weekly grocery runs have turned into a coin flip for a while now. There are times when you’re able to glide through billing ...

Target is testing a new self-checkout policy as retailers are finding the cashier-less technology can put off customers. At a handful of stores, Target has restricted self-checkout to customers buying ...

More shoppers are stealing from self-checkouts and what they're taking may surprise you. In a new study by Lending Tree, 27% of respondents admitted to stealing something from the self-checkout ...

Labor unions are renewing their push to place rules on self-checkout lanes in California stores. The latest proposal is a scaled-back version of a failed bill from last year, but business groups still ...