If you want to use the self-checkout lane at some Walmart stores, you might need to fork out $12.95 per month, or $98 per year, for a Walmart+ subscription. That’s because some Walmart stores are ...

Dollar General is backing away from the self-checkout trend in retail. The company is pulling out self-checkout stands in 300 stores that have the highest levels of shoplifting and merchandise losses.

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Julie Domina loathes self-checkout. The 50-year-old real estate agent says they glitch too often and worries the technology is making checkout more difficult for the elderly and visually impaired. And ...

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“I can’t wait to use that self-checkout machine,” said no one, ever. When they were first rolled out in 1986 at Atlanta-area Kroger grocery stores, self-checkout machines were hailed as a “revolution ...

Retail giant Target has limited self-checkout to customers with 10 items or less, but denies claims the move is due to theft. Like several other retail stores, the Minneapolis store has been hit with ...

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If you want to use Target's self-checkout lanes, you'll have to start limiting your cart to 10 items or less. The Minneapolis-based retailer is making some checkout changes after recently testing ...

Payments company Checkout.com isn’t just a unicorn — it has closed a $1 billion Series D funding round. Following today’s round, the company is now valued at $40 billion. That’s a stark increase ...

The Covid-19 pandemic shattered the status quo in 2020, and this year will provide no guarantees for retailers, restaurants and other physical experience providers either. You must leave no stone ...