Customers check out at a Walmart store.
Walmart associates help customers at a self-service checkout.
  • Self-checkout might be making customers less loyal to stores that use it, according to new research.
  • Researchers at Drexel University found that customers expect service, including human checkout, while shopping.
  • Self-checkout has been facing a reckoning, with some stores scaling back or eliminating the kiosks.

Self-checkout might make shoppers feel less loyal to a store, according to new research.