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

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Technology has a way of both making life radically more convenient and upsetting organized labor. This has always been the case. A case in point is California’s perpetual war on self-service machines ...

Walmart spent years telling shoppers that scanning their own groceries was the future of retail. Now the company is quietly ...

Lawmakers in two Democratic-controlled states are considering limits on self-checkout stations claiming they bring with them safety concerns — but their objections appear to be focused on protecting ...

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At a grocery store in Dorchester, a “worst case scenario” took place at the self-checkout machines. “A member was intervening when a light was flashing and the customer ended up trying to steal and ...

The state Capitol building in Olympia, Washington. (Photo by Albert James) Proposed legislation could change the way customers shop at grocery stores, as one Democratic lawmaker is pushing for ...

S.237, filed by state Sen. Paul Feeney, D-Foxborough, would limit grocery stores to eight self-service checkout stations. It would also require stores with self-checkout stations to have a minimum of ...