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Stores are quietly scaling back self-checkout
Original: Stores are reversing course on self-checkout. The internet reveals clues as to why
Major retailers are pulling back on self-checkout systems after years of rapid expansion, with several chains limiting machine use or restoring staffed lanes. Shoppers online point to frustration with glitches, theft concerns and the loss of human service as likely drivers, and the shift is being widely debated as a reversal of a long retail trend.
Why now: Major retailers' visible retreat from a widely used technology is prompting debate over whether self-checkout has failed.
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- Stores are reversing course on self-checkout. The internet reveals clues as to why · Yahoo Style UK
- Stores are reversing course on self-checkout. The internet reveals clues as to why · The Independent
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