Parker begins her video by referencing another TikToker who was arrested for stealing from a Target self-checkout kiosk. Parker states she ran a Walmart store’s front end for 11 years—and they always ...

A March 10 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows clips of people running from security and scanning the wrong barcodes at Walmart self-checkout lanes. A narrator says the store started ...

I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but self-checkout kiosks are now everywhere. The concept was first introduced to shoppers in 1986 at an Atlanta Kroger. Scanning my own groceries has transformed ...

After years of investing in self-checkout machines, some major retailers are starting to reverse course. Dollar General said it has eliminated self-checkout options at about 12,000 locations, a ...

Customers feel more rewarded by a store and “feel like they were treated more valuably” when using regular checkout because it involves less effort and cashiers handle the scanning, bagging and ...