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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology

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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology

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Unstaffed tills were supposed to revolutionise shopping. Now, both retailers and customers are bagging many self-checkout kiosks.

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Yay! We do the labor but don’t get a discount for doing so. I love free market economy!
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  I mean, I don’t think staffed checkout is going anywhere either.
  
  This article feels like shareholders complaining that they have to provide both options to customers. Boo hoo for them, haha.
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