Self-checkout was supposed to be the future of fast, frictionless shopping. Instead, it has turned into one of retail’s biggest headaches, with theft spiking just as major chains quietly rip out the ...

Walk into certain Walmart stores today and you might notice something missing. Those familiar rows of self-checkout kiosks?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 1 in 4 self-checkout shoppers admit they’ve stolen: Survey (NewsNation) — Self-checkout may save time at the store, but ...

You wouldn’t think we’d need a law to protect human interaction from being programmed out of what’s considered an everyday exercise. But when it comes to checkout lines at grocery stores, that’s ...

More shoppers are stealing from self-checkouts, and what they're taking may surprise you. In a new study by Lending Tree, 27% of respondents admitted to stealing something from the self-checkout ...

DG's push to curb inventory shrink fuels a 107-basis-point gross margin jump in Q3 FY25, making shrink reduction its biggest ...

Self-checkouts may save time at the store, but a growing number of shoppers admit they’ve also used it to steal. Among Americans who’ve used self-checkout, 27% say they’ve intentionally taken an item ...