cashiers

More Grocery Stores Try Cashierless To Blunt Amazon Effect
More Grocery Stores Try Cashierless To Blunt Amazon Effect
July 07, 2019  |  Amazon

Cameras reportedly are taking a more important place in the world of grocery, perhaps to the detriment of cashiers. That’s according to The Wall Street...

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Time To Write The Obituary For The Fast Food Worker?
Time To Write The Obituary For The Fast Food Worker?
June 13, 2018  |  Retail

The future is coming to McDonald’s and, according to recent reports, that future is going to look a lot like self-service order kiosks. According to Inc.,...

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Amazon Go May Be About More Than The Getting Of Groceries
Amazon Go May Be About More Than The Getting Of Groceries
January 23, 2018  |  Retail

It’s been about a year in the making. But here we go with Amazon Go, newly out of beta this week and available to the...

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Confectionery Companies: The Other Unintended Casualty Of Self-Checkout
Confectionery Companies: The Other Unintended Casualty Of Self-Checkout
August 09, 2017  |  ResTech

Things aren’t so bubbly for chewing gum companies and confectioners. The impulse buy is dead, and self-checkout lanes may be to blame. Customers who scan...

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Does Amazon’s Acquisition Mean The End For Cashiers?
Does Amazon’s Acquisition Mean The End For Cashiers?
June 19, 2017  |  Amazon

After Amazon announced its $13.4 billion purchase of Whole Foods grocery stores last week, some are speculating that the supermarket chain’s cashiers might eventually be looking...

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Robots Poised To Take Over Retail
Robots Poised To Take Over Retail
May 22, 2017  |  Retail

Automation has hit the manufacturing industry hard, costing the industry millions of factory jobs — yet it has the potential to hit retail even harder. According...

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