In early November, the self-checkout system at the U-Store’s University Place location was removed without explanation. Joette Leamon, the U-Store’s Director of Stores, declined to comment about the ...

Now that it has become a mainstream offering in the supermarket industry, what's next for self-checkout? For one thing, more self-checkout lanes. According to the Food Marketing Institute, 45.6% of ...

Costco Tests New 'Scan & Go' Checkout Feature to Eliminate Long Lines originally appeared on Parade. Long checkout lines at Costco may soon become a thing of the past, as the company is testing new ...

Police calls to a single Walmart in suburban Shrewsbury, Missouri, plunged by nearly two-thirds after the store scrapped its self-checkout lanes, turning a local operational change into a closely ...

In 1986, a company named CheckRobot invented self-checkouts. They claimed to reduce long lines, human interaction, make checkout lanes faster and reduce labor costs. These self-checkouts reduced ...

Was the convenience of self-checkout worth the cost? For Target, the answer appears to be a resounding “no.” After massive theft losses, the retailer is making a dramatic U-turn on self-checkouts, ...

PITTSBURGH --Sorbara‘s Shop n‘ Save, an independent retailer with five stores here, has deployed Fujitsu U-Scan self-checkout systems from StoreNext Retail Technologies, Plano, Texas, StoreNext ...

Hy-Vee, the Iowa-based supermarket chain with locations throughout the Midwest, is downsizing its self-checkout operation. Hy-Vee spokesperson Tina Potthoff confirmed to the Journal Sentinel that some ...

Some Walmart shoppers are grumbling about the retailer's self-checkout lanes. The benefit of self-checkout is in the eye of the consumer. For every shopper who is upset there's no self-checkout lane ...

Some Walmart shoppers are grumbling about the retailer's self-checkout lanes. The benefit of self-checkout is in the eye of the consumer. For every shopper who is upset there's no self-checkout lane ...

Police in Shrewsbury, a suburb of Missouri, saw big changes after Walmart removed its self-checkout machines. This happened ...

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it is tripling the number of U.S. stores in a pilot program that lets shoppers scan items with their iPhones and pay at self-checkout counters. Walmart's "Scan & ...