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February 27, 2025


Title: Will Cashiers Replace Self-Service Checkout Lines?
Topic: Self-Service Checkout Lines
Discussed by Edwin Benson
with Return to Order www.ReturnToOrder.org

Do you love or despise the self-checkout trend? Was the use of self-service checkout doomed to disappoint the customer? Is it important for store owners/managers to know their customers?

Today, Edwin Benson, with Return to Order, discusses the history of the self-service checkout line and how people today view them. Will they last? Or be replaced with actual people once again?

Click here to read Edwin Benson’s op-ed on this topic.

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Questions/Issues Discussed:

In the beginning, were store owners optimistic – and even excited – about self-service checkout lines?

What are the negative consequences of self-service checkout lines?

Why is the use of self-service checkout lines fading? Edwin Benson discusses several reasons and reveals that most shoppers surveyed avoid using self-service checkout lines if at all possible.

Are many store owners re-evaluating the use of self-service checkout lines?

What is retail store “shrinkage”? Do the self-service checkout lines affect shrinkage?

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