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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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I love self checkout. The fewer people I have to interact with, the better. I only wish the landing areas were larger so I could use them with a full cart.

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