Walmart said it will remove self-checkout counters at two more stores — including one where retail theft has gotten so bad that shoppers say going there has become downright “scary.” The ...

Target will limit shoppers to 10 items at self-checkout counters amid the ongoing scourge of retail theft faced by big-box stores. The pilot program was rolled out at select locations weeks after the ...

Ever since the first introduction of self-checkout (SCO) counters in the late 1990s and early 2000s, their number has increased steadily, and so has the controversy surrounding them: Some people love ...

Across the United States, checkout counters are turning into negotiation tables as cashiers and customers haggle over nickels and dimes. With the 1 cent coin no longer being made and existing pennies ...