Walmart spent years telling shoppers that scanning their own groceries was the future. Now the retailer is quietly ripping ...

Police in Shrewsbury, a suburb of Missouri, saw big changes after Walmart removed its self-checkout machines. This happened in spring 2024 at a local Supercenter. Over the next five months, police ...

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 ...

Self-checkout lanes at grocery stores and retail outlets are sometimes a controversial topic. Shoppers either love the convenience or hate that they have to do the work they feel an employee should be ...

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 ...

You wouldn’t think we’d need a law to protect human interaction from being programmed out of what’s considered an everyday exercise. But when it comes to checkout lines at grocery stores, that’s ...

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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. It’s been a long day at work, and you still need to stop by the store on your way home. To spare yourself more social ...