Walmart is scaling back on its self-checkout machines at two stores, as more retail giants are reducing the self-service option at their stores, citing an effort to combat theft. A Walmart in a suburb ...

Self-service checkout theft is surging - and some government officials may be becoming concerned. Several states have rolled out major modifications to self-service scanning for customers, including ...

Old tricks at the self-checkout machine — like trying to pass off a bottle of vintage Bordeaux as a banana— are becoming harder to get away with. Ever since retailers hit on the idea that they could ...

Some Californians will recall a time in the dusty past when there was no such thing as self-service at gasoline stations. Motorists pulled up to the pump, a friendly lad in uniform and peaked cap ...

Self-service kiosks at McDonald’s and other fast-food chains have loomed as job killers since they were first rolled out 25 years ago. But nobody predicted what actually happened. In one of the ...