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Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings
www.techspot.com/news/114106-retailers-pulling-back-self-checkout-after-years-theft.htmlemoji1
Replying to @BillionaireStew@lemmy.world
Reads like a misleading statistic. Why would you invest in self-checkout if you already have it in place?
Replying to @CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca
I mean, the fact that growth is slowing is relevant. What would be really interesting is: has the pace of opening new stores changed? Because if they’re opening lots of new stores without investing in more self checkout machines, that would be indicative that they’re going to be less of a thing going forward
Replying to @kestrel7_7@lemmy.world
A more relevant number, to me, would be to track if self checkouts are decreasing.
At my home depot, all of the checkouts are self serve with an employee overseer if you have problems. If HD decides to open a ‘manned’ checkout counter, does that make the self checkout a failure? I dont see it that way.