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BillionaireStew@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings

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Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings

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BillionaireStew@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Only about one-third of surveyed retailers plan to invest in self-checkout technology this year, significantly fewer than in 2025, according to an annual retail industry report. While...
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    It certainly always saves me time. Especially when I cut out doing the part where I pay.

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      If you are actually doing this, the store cameras are waiting for you to hit a magic number where you’ve stolen enough in value to be worth going after.

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        That’s why you rotate stores and never hit the same one more than a few times.

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