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The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology - C C - Sep 15, 2024
SIMON CAINE
https://youtu.be/zDILuTQ_GK
INTRO: Self-service checkouts are failing. Over the last 20 years, retailers have experimented with this technology and at first they were a bit of innovation in an industry that rarely changes. But now shops, stores and supermarkets are scraping self-service. Let’s look at what they were meant to achieve, why they haven’t and the doorman fallacy...
RE: The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology - Magical Realist - Sep 16, 2024
Oregon's main grocery chain "Fred Meyers" shows no sign of removing self-checkouts. And I have been using them for several years with no problems whatsoever. I never require more than 6 or 7 items whenever I shop there, so the line is always minimal and fast and easy.