Costco Wholesale has launched a comprehensive overhaul of its warehouse checkout operations, deploying mobile scanning ...

Walmart spent years telling shoppers that scanning their own groceries was the future. Now the retailer is quietly ripping ...

What one writer gained when he stopped using the self-checkout, and reclaimed the joy of a life with social friction ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the ...

Here’s the Trending team’s main character of the week. It’s the Walmart workers who will do customers’ jobs for them even though they technically shouldn’t be. TikTok user Chris (@bigbossbz), a ...

In 1986, a company named CheckRobot invented self-checkouts. They claimed to reduce long lines, human interaction, make checkout lanes faster and reduce labor costs. These self-checkouts reduced ...

As the issue of tariffs and an escalating trade war continues to be a cause of severe uncertainty with regard to the price of goods, competition amongst retailers has ramped up significantly.

Aldi is by no means your average grocery store –- they're known for their low prices, fewer product options, and lightning-fast cashiers (Which is why Aldi cashiers sit at the registers). Their ...

Self-checkout popular for consumers buying health and personal care items It may not be more convenient but buyers value privacy over speed sometimes The findings add nuance to the debate over ...

Yet another Walmart shopper claims one of the store’s locations is limiting self-checkout usage to Walmart+ subscribers. Licia (@auntielici) posted a viral TikTok that’s accrued over 937,000 views on ...