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Amazon's Just Walk Out technology relies on hundreds of workers in India watching you shop

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 13:10

Tech Insider : Technology

Amazon Fresh store Just Walk Out technology — Amazon is pulling its Just Walk Out cashierless technology from its Amazon Fresh grocery stores.
Reuters/HENRY NICHOLLS

Retail, amazon, just-walk-out, checkout, Self-Checkout, Shopping, amazon-fresh

Dollar General is taking checkout back out of your hands because of theft

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 14:32

Two people, one wearing a pink hoodie and pink sandals, the other pushing a stroller with a toddler in it, walk on the sidewalk past a brick building and a yellow-and-black sign that reads — Dollar General is cutting self-checkout at hundreds of stores.
Scott Olson/Getty Images

Retail, dollar-general, Stores, dollar-stores, Shrink, Theft, Retail

Some Walmart stores are limiting self-checkout lanes just for Spark drivers and Walmart+ customers

Mon, 03/04/2024 - 12:43

A Walmart self-checkout kiosk with a camera and yellow — Insider Source

Retail, walmart, Retail, Shopping, Stores, Self-Checkout, checkout

Aldi is the latest grocery store to use a rival version of Amazon's Just Walk Out tech

Thu, 02/08/2024 - 12:26

Tech Insider : Technology

Shoppers are seen outside of an Aldi grocery store in Coal Township, Pennsylvania on August 12, 2022. — Aldi has reportedly added a rival to Amazon's Just Walk Out to one of its stores near Chicago.
Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Retail, Aldi, Grocery, amazon, AmazonGo, checkout, Shopping

Kroger brings back humans at Texas store after getting 'customer feedback' on self-checkout

Thu, 02/01/2024 - 10:33

Kroger — Kroger CFO Gary Millerchip described digital grocery as "becoming less of a headwind" — indicating that investments are still outweighing profits.
Paul Sancya/AP

Retail, kroger, Grocery, Shopping, Self-Checkout, checkout, Food

Self-checkout is alienating shoppers, new research finds

Wed, 01/24/2024 - 15:36

Customers check out at a Walmart store. — Walmart associates help customers at a self-service checkout.
Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Retail, Self-Checkout, Retail, Shopping, Stores, checkout

Rich people are more likely to steal from self-checkout. Why?

Tue, 12/26/2023 - 13:13

Tech Insider : Economy

A person self-scans an item at a self-checkout at Lowes. — In a recent survey, people with household incomes of more than $100,000 were the group that most admitted they stole items from a self-checkout.
Jeff Greenberg/Getty Images

Retail, economy, Self-Checkout, retail-shrink, Theft, Shoplifting, Wealth

Target might limit you to just 10 items at self-checkout registers

Wed, 11/22/2023 - 12:39

Customers check out at a Target store in North Miami Beach, Fla. — Target is testing a 10-item limit on self-checkout at some stores.
Wilfredo Lee/AP

Retail, Target, checkout, Self-Checkout, Stores, Shopping, big-box

Should you tip on restaurant takeout? Or a coffee order? We're being asked for tips more often — here's when it's OK to decline.

Sat, 09/16/2023 - 04:58

Tech Insider : Economy

Male customer paying through credit card for movie tickets at counter — Many Americans feel like they're tipping more money, and at more places, than they have in the past. There are some places you're still not expected to leave a tip, though.
Klaus Vedfelt

economy, Retail, Tipping, Tips, service-workers, takeout, Self-Checkout

A TikTok appears to show a Dollar Tree customer working the register herself when she can't find an employee

Thu, 08/24/2023 - 16:21

Customers shop at a Dollar Tree store in the Austin neighborhood on August 02, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. — A recent TikTok video appears to show a customer working the checkout stand at a store in Tennesse.
Scott Olson/Getty Images

Retail, dollar-store, dollar-tree, Retail, store, checkout, Food

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