Walmart’s checkout tech spots mismatches in seconds: cameras, sensors, and smarter codes pause lanes fast, then keep lines ...

Self-checkout continues to receive approximately 44 percent of grocery transactions but that convenience has begun to appear less imminent in big-box aisles. During the past few weeks, some shoppers ...

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 ...

Higher prices are driving theft at self-checkout in stores. A recent survey by online financial marketplace LendingTree said 27% of self-checkout users have purposefully taken an item without scanning ...

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 ...

A study tracked purchases at grocery stores during the rollout of self-checkout between 2008 and 2011. Shoppers were significantly more likely to buy stigmatized items—especially condoms and pregnancy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A customer uses a self-checkout machine while shopping at Albertsons in Arcadia in July 2023. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) ...

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 ...

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 ...