Self-checkout lanes at grocery stores and retail outlets are sometimes a controversial topic. Shoppers either love the convenience or hate that they have to do the work they feel an employee should be ...

Self-checkout was supposed to be the future of fast, frictionless shopping. Instead, it has turned into one of retail’s biggest headaches, with theft spiking just as major chains quietly rip out the ...

Walmart's sweeping reset of its self-checkout strategy is reshaping how millions of Americans move through the front of the store, and competitors are scrambling to keep up. Instead of a simple ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are two types of people at the grocery store: those who make a beeline for the self-checkout kiosks, and those who'd rather ...