Retailers are increasingly removing self-checkout lanes due to rising concerns over theft, according to consumer advisor Clark Howard.

For months, KTLA has been tracking the problems with self-checkouts across the country—companies struggling with how to staff the lanes while also securing their products. Now, one Southern California ...

The city’s first-in-the-nation “Safe Stores are Staffed Stores” ordinance requires major retailers to hire more employees and limit self-checkout, drawing praise from unions and pushback from grocers.

Self-checkout systems have been a significant convenience for many shoppers, allowing them to avoid longer wait times commonly found at traditional checkout lines with cashiers. However, those who are ...

Target is rolling out new self-checkout features, geared toward customers who are blind or have low vision. Target announced on Sept. 26 that it has added new, accessible technology to self-checkout ...

Target stores are aiming to make the shopping experience more accessible, one self-checkout at a time. According to a report from USA TODAY, the retailer announced on Sept. 26 that it has added new, ...

Target is rolling out an accessible self-checkout experience in stores nationwide beginning this holiday season, continuing into early 2026. The system was built with and for people who are blind or ...

Target is introducing accessible self-checkout in what it calls a “first of its kind in U.S. retail,” the company announced Friday. The technology will integrate with Target’s existing self-checkout ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Checking out at the grocery store could take you longer in Long Beach. Most self-checkout lanes are closed due to a new local ordinance. As part of new city rules, larger ...

Four Vons locations in Long Beach have closed their self-checkout lanes after the city passed a new law aimed at curbing theft at local grocery and drug stores. Under the "Safe Stores are Staffed ...