BillionaireStew@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoRetailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savingswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1463arrow-down18
arrow-up1455arrow-down1external-linkRetailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savingswww.techspot.comBillionaireStew@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square86linkfedilink
minus-squareTrackenDaKracken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 days agoI’m waiting for them to close the stores to customers entirely and go to pick up or delivery only. I know that would kill impulse buying, but I think they might make it up by not needing to police the isles, and no theft. Service Merchandise did tag pulls and pick up at the register for everything back in the 70s and 80s. That might come back.
minus-squarePattyMcB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 days ago that would kill impulse buying Clearly you don’t work in digital advertising
I’m waiting for them to close the stores to customers entirely and go to pick up or delivery only.
I know that would kill impulse buying, but I think they might make it up by not needing to police the isles, and no theft.
Service Merchandise did tag pulls and pick up at the register for everything back in the 70s and 80s. That might come back.
Clearly you don’t work in digital advertising