At a grocery store in Dorchester, a “worst case scenario” took place at the self-checkout machines. “A member was intervening when a light was flashing and the customer ended up trying to steal and ...
S.237, filed by state Sen. Paul Feeney, D-Foxborough, would limit grocery stores to eight self-service checkout stations. It would also require stores with self-checkout stations to have a minimum of ...
PHILADELPHIA -- From theft to scanning errors, retailers are running into headaches with self-checkout after rolling out the technology aggressively over the last decade. Now, research finds another ...
We’ve all been there: You’re ready to buy your items in a supermarket or store and head to the self-checkout machines to complete your purchase on your own, only for the kiosk to cause trouble when ...
Massachusetts lawmakers are pushing to regulate self-checkout machines in grocery stores, limiting them to eight per location ...
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 ...
Imagine an invention that is worse at what it does than humans, threatens jobs and increases the potential for crime. You might think it would go nowhere fast. In fact, the supermarket self-checkout ...