Walmart is scaling back on its self-checkout machines at two stores, as more retail giants are reducing the self-service option at their stores, citing an effort to combat theft. A Walmart in a ...

66% of Americans prefer a self-checkout lane over cashing out with a human cashier. Shutterstock An unsocial 14% said they would wait for a self-service lane even if a human cashier was available.

Self-checkout machines sometimes break. ... This erases potential labor savings and makes self-checkout slower, in some cases, than full-service checkout — the problem it was supposed to resolve.

Self-checkout machines have become a common sight at stores, with a record 200,000 machines shipped worldwide last year, up from 80,000 in 2019, according to consulting firm RBR.

CBS News Miami Live (CNN) - Walmart, Costco, and other chains are revising their self-checkout strategies after noting higher numbers of intentional shoplifting - or "shrink." Self-service ...

A new California bill has the potential to ban self-checkout options in grocery stores in an attempt to curb retail theft. Senate Bill 1446, introduced by Democratic state Sen. Lola Smallwood ...

Walmart is rolling out major changes for customers in some states, removing self-checkout machines relied on by many shoppers. Two stores—one in St. Louis, Missouri, and the other in Cleveland ...

Target has restricted self-checkout machines to customers with 10 items or less. The company says the move was not due to shoplifting, despite increases in theft.

Consumers already contending with a squeeze on their bank accounts due to inflation are now facing more pressure as businesses introduce new tipping features at self-checkout machines. Companies ...

Tips have traditionally gone to waitstaff, bartenders and other service workers who earned the so-called "tipped minimum wage" — federally set at $2.13 an hour — and thus rely on tips to earn ...

According to CBS, 67 percent of shoppers agree that self-checkout systems leave much to be desired. I’d like to start a petition to transfer these machines back to the dystopia from which they came.

The problem with tipping at a self-checkout machine is there’s no proof the money goes to an employee, Wall Street Journal reporter Rachel Wolfe told CBS News.