Disgruntled customers have slammed Kroger for its "ridiculous" self-checkout system as they urge the retail chain to get rid of the "train wreck" design.

The self-checkout system will say, “there's a bunch of objects here. They're not being scanned,” said Hinkle. Retailers at NRF 2025 are also using Just Walk Out technology in systems such as Amazon Go ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–Megasuper, Costa Rica’s leading retailer, has announced the installation of the Self Checkout System 7 by Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions in its stores. This ...

Self-checkout lanes have been around since the late 80s, but some big retailors are taking a step back due to theft and other reasons.

“Dishonest people will always find a way to slip a package through,” he said. Still, self-checkout isn’t going away, especially with still stubborn labor shortages. And plenty of people love it.

This past fall, Walmart removed self-checkout kiosks in three stores in Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of a location-by-location approach, but on the whole, it is adding more than it is taking away.

Self-checkout, first tested in supermarkets in the late 1980s, gained momentum 20 years ago. But grocers ramped it up even more three years ago to address the pandemic-induced severe labor shortages.

Clothes retailer Uniqlo has invented a self-checkout machine that does everything for customers except pay the bill.

Some retailers are adding restrictions for self-checkout, while others are pulling out completely.

However, it continues to offer self-checkout registers at its stores. Self-checkout, first tested in supermarkets in the late 1980s, gained momentum 20 years ago.