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Some Walmart shoppers are grumbling about the retailer's self-checkout lanes. The benefit of self-checkout is in the eye of the consumer. For every shopper who is upset there's no self-checkout lane ...

The hum of the supermarket is familiar — carts rolling, conversations floating through the air, and the beeps of items being scanned. But another sound has become just as common: the robotic chirps ...

Checkout-free stores use sensor technology to identify items for purchase. The system has worked mostly in smaller venues. A new form of self-checkout that enables shoppers to pay and retailers to ...

Self-checkout machines are themselves designed to negotiate several trade-offs. Employers want lower costs. But they also ...