Self-checkout machines can be more convenient for customers and cost saving for corporations. How are they linekd to safety concerns and theft?

Self-checkout (SCO) has evolved from a cost-saving measure to a strategic enabler of modern retail. Driven by consumer demand for speed and convenience, retailers have rapidly adopted SCO solutions to ...

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Market Basket staffs most every register with a ringer and a bagger; therefore, there is no need for self-checkout. Ryan Kearney with the Retailers Association of Massachusetts told NBC 10 Boston, ...

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Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a legislation that will limit the amount of self-checkout stations in grocery stores.

A California city is cracking down on shoplifters with a first-of-its-kind rule dramatically restricting self-checkouts. Long Beach passed the “Safe Stores are Staffed Stores” in September, which ...

A customer uses a self-checkout machine while shopping at Albertsons in Arcadia in July 2023. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Tired of rampant shoplifting scaring away citizens and shoppers, Long ...